Meta fined/ child safety
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Good to see this ruling and a social media giant being held to account for the harms they're causing children and young people with algorithms pushing them towards explicit and harmful content and exposing them to online sexual exploitation. Many of our young people being criminalised are victims of this and have been exploited themselves, as described in the article. I really hope in time this recognition goes wider and is is reflected in the criminal justice system and how young people affected are dealt with, particularly those who are arrested around the age of 18 and are handled so brutally under the adult system.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7lz3wr2rlo?fbclid=PAdGRleATihmpwZG9mAmZkaWQWUMBPwRZ1vcKdxl-Dp74m__IhIZveoWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABp1wRJh0p2Yvq3gkQ2JoIKAcdCg9rN2kmNwdIoxG3UvPbISMBbl0MtH9E95l-_aem_vK46R1ggkc8xXJePhentaQ
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7lz3wr2rlo?fbclid=PAdGRleATihmpwZG9mAmZkaWQWUMBPwRZ1vcKdxl-Dp74m__IhIZveoWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABp1wRJh0p2Yvq3gkQ2JoIKAcdCg9rN2kmNwdIoxG3UvPbISMBbl0MtH9E95l-_aem_vK46R1ggkc8xXJePhentaQ
Once the under 16 ban kicks in the children will be pushed even further into seeing abuse via the un moderated apps such as Kiki where all the real child abusers lurk and share images. So well done to the government for using their brains and choosing to ban all the popular strict moderated and strict algorithm ran apps and not giving a flying hoot about the dodgier unrestricted apps which should have been banned first.
I agree. And puts all the emphasis on children being locked out rather than the companies dealing with these awful places online.
The thing that confuses me is that meta already has teen accounts with extra protections built in and it says anyone who identifies as a teen is automatically given a teen account.
Therefore the only way a teen can bypass this is to lie. If they lie about their age and create an adult account, surely they are then legally responsible for the consequences, not the company?
Therefore the only way a teen can bypass this is to lie. If they lie about their age and create an adult account, surely they are then legally responsible for the consequences, not the company?
Not an expert but the article flags the things they're being held to account for and ordered to change.
Whilst I do believe the social media and internet providers do need to be more pro-active in banning and removing content...literally as soon as it's reported or having better technology that bans or prevents certain things from even being uploaded. The algorithm is addictive and will completely steer people in the wrong direction-but it's learned this behaviour from humans doing these things, it's leading you down a trail for similar or related content; acting in response to what is clicked, shared or hovered over.
I use social media but I'm very careful; if do spot something harmful I report it, something I don't like or not appropriate block or mark it as "show me less". It is a minefield and but the users also need to take some responsibility.....my person was using some very risky search terms and didn't get into the trouble they did my accessing gardening forums and chat sites discussing their favourite books.
If your friends post something inappropriate you can block, unfriendly, unfollow, report or "show me less" to retrain your algorithm.
I use social media but I'm very careful; if do spot something harmful I report it, something I don't like or not appropriate block or mark it as "show me less". It is a minefield and but the users also need to take some responsibility.....my person was using some very risky search terms and didn't get into the trouble they did my accessing gardening forums and chat sites discussing their favourite books.
If your friends post something inappropriate you can block, unfriendly, unfollow, report or "show me less" to retrain your algorithm.
I think it's time parents were held accountable and were fined especially if their child is a victim of online grooming.
I'm forever reading news stories of children mainly girls aged 9 and 10 being groomed into sending nudes to men on Snapchat. While I'm glad they've punished the man and put him where he rightly belongs but then it gets me thinking what was a girl aged 10 doing on Snapchat in the first place? Snapchat age limit is 13 but in cases where a child is younger and they've been groomed and a conviction has took place , then shouldn't the parents then be arrested for suspicion of child neglect and investigated about why their child was there in the first place? Rather than putting responsibility on the social media company, parents should have a responsibility too.
Too many parents these days think they don't have any part in their own parenting and that it should be job of police, schools and social services to do their parenting for them.
I'm forever reading news stories of children mainly girls aged 9 and 10 being groomed into sending nudes to men on Snapchat. While I'm glad they've punished the man and put him where he rightly belongs but then it gets me thinking what was a girl aged 10 doing on Snapchat in the first place? Snapchat age limit is 13 but in cases where a child is younger and they've been groomed and a conviction has took place , then shouldn't the parents then be arrested for suspicion of child neglect and investigated about why their child was there in the first place? Rather than putting responsibility on the social media company, parents should have a responsibility too.
Too many parents these days think they don't have any part in their own parenting and that it should be job of police, schools and social services to do their parenting for them.
