I can’t really say it in any more different ways. One last time.
Yes, of course Facebook wants to push unmoderated addictive content on all their users.
But yes, Facebook also loves putting out endless “user tools” so they can push the responsibility off of themselves for the same reason. These tools already exist. Tools are absolutely useless when you’re trying to protect at risk children or people in general…it’s like asking people to be their own doctor.
All social media needs to be regulated at a fundamental level, and that regulation must include each agent being responsible for the content their users post. Putting out more tools so users can block ads or control their kids will make things worse, as the companies continue the arms race for attention. The only people who benefit from tools are helicopter parents and the tech savvy.
Would have been nice if you’d read what I write, but okay.
What Facebook wants is mandatory age checks at the OS level so they can just call an API and avoid all responsibility within their own platform.
What Facebook doesn’t want is users being able to control their own experience of the platform.
I can’t really say it in any more different ways. One last time.
Yes, of course Facebook wants to push unmoderated addictive content on all their users.
But yes, Facebook also loves putting out endless “user tools” so they can push the responsibility off of themselves for the same reason. These tools already exist. Tools are absolutely useless when you’re trying to protect at risk children or people in general…it’s like asking people to be their own doctor.
All social media needs to be regulated at a fundamental level, and that regulation must include each agent being responsible for the content their users post. Putting out more tools so users can block ads or control their kids will make things worse, as the companies continue the arms race for attention. The only people who benefit from tools are helicopter parents and the tech savvy.