{"id":11477,"date":"2023-09-09T09:38:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T07:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/09\/take-it-from-someone-who-was-on-the-internet-at-10-years-old-a-ban-wont-keep-children-off-tiktok-chris-stokel-walker\/"},"modified":"2023-09-09T09:38:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T07:38:05","slug":"take-it-from-someone-who-was-on-the-internet-at-10-years-old-a-ban-wont-keep-children-off-tiktok-chris-stokel-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/09\/take-it-from-someone-who-was-on-the-internet-at-10-years-old-a-ban-wont-keep-children-off-tiktok-chris-stokel-walker\/","title":{"rendered":"Take it from someone who was on the internet at 10 years old: a ban won\u2019t keep children off TikTok | Chris Stokel-Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"

This misguided Tory crackdown won\u2019t keep kids off social media. The best solution is for families to have open conversations<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to talk tough on tech, as Michelle Donelan, the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology has shown this week. In an interview with the Telegraph, Donelan warned<\/a> that social media platforms could be on the hook for \u201chumongous\u201d fines if they allowed under-13s to remain on their platforms. \u201cIf that means deactivating the accounts of nine-year-olds or eight-year-olds, then they\u2019re going to have to do that,\u201d the cabinet minister said.<\/p>\n

The approach sounds all well and good in theory. It\u2019s red meat to the pearl-clutching, law and order Tories who believe the world is full of danger, <\/strong>and tech companies are to blame. Don\u2019t get me wrong \u2013 there is plenty to lay at the feet of social media companies for the harm they have caused. But the tough talk is part of a wider tendency in our politics that ignores the reality of how we interact with the internet \u2013 and demands a degree of censorship that is not only unworkable, but counterproductive.<\/p>\n

Certainly, the internet can be a cruel place, and what happens online can have real-world ramifications. Disclosures made following the campaigning of the parents of Molly Russell, the teenager who took her life<\/a> after being bombarded by online content related to suicide, self-harm and depression, have been chastening. And documents leaked<\/a> by former Facebook employee Frances Haugen laid bare the access many users had to distressing content and misinformation.<\/p>\n

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\nThis misguided Tory crackdown won\u2019t keep kids off social media. The best solution is for families to have open conversations<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to talk tough on tech, as Michelle Donelan, the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology has shown this week. In an interview with the Telegraph, Donelan warned that social media platforms could be on the hook for \u201chumongous\u201d fines if they allowed under-13s to remain on their platforms. \u201cIf that means deactivating the accounts of nine-year-olds or eight-year-olds, then they\u2019re going to have to do that,\u201d the cabinet minister said.
\nThe approach sounds all well and good in theory. It\u2019s red meat to the pearl-clutching, law and order Tories who believe the world is full of danger, and tech companies are to blame. Don\u2019t get me wrong \u2013 there is plenty to lay at the feet of social media companies for the harm they have caused. But the tough talk is part of a wider tendency in our politics that ignores the reality of how we interact with the internet \u2013 and demands a degree of censorship that is not only unworkable, but counterproductive.Certainly, the internet can be a cruel place, and what happens online can have real-world ramifications. Disclosures made following the campaigning of the parents of Molly Russell, the teenager who took her life after being bombarded by online content related to suicide, self-harm and depression, have been chastening. And documents leaked by former Facebook employee Frances Haugen laid bare the access many users had to distressing content and misinformation. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This misguided Tory crackdown won\u2019t keep kids off social media. The best solution is for families to have open conversations It\u2019s easy to talk tough on tech, as Michelle Donelan, the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology has shown this week. In an interview with the Telegraph, Donelan warned that social media platforms …<\/p>\n

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