In the video, which became public in May, one boy can be heard asking, “There’s a girl in here?” Another adds, “Why is there a girl? I’m so uncomfortable there is a girl.” Their comments prompted another boy to insist that the trans student leave.
Right wingers see a video on line and assume it’s the full story and get their collective panties in a twist. However, the school district, which cannot legally release any detailed information about the investigation and punishment had this to say:
“At no time would LCPS suspend a student simply because they expressed some kind of discomfort. A reading of our Title IX resources should make it clear that there is a high bar to launch a Title IX investigation and an even higher bar to determine a student is in violation of Title IX.”
I’m thinking this went a little bit further than a couple students whining and must have turned a fair bit worse.
And right wing iPads. They’re absorbing some really terrible stuff without supervision, or even with mild supervision and guidance it still gets through.
My opinion: no.
Children under certain age have no capacity to detect malice or disinformation when interacting with others, especially adults and algorithms bent on harm.
Hell, most adults probably aren’t.
But as long as a child has a guardian, it’s the guardian’s responsibility to teach, guide and protect.
Letting a child lose into the internet is harmful, just like letting one out into a city.
I don’t think age verification is a particularly good tool to enforce that, but I don’t know what is, on a societal level.
It’s so weird how I agree with you, yet I’m the one with the downvotes here. Just because I’m being sarcastic? I don’t think so. I think they are reactionary and just pissed that what I says aligns with the option platforms are taking.
I agree with this. I don’t think any of the legislation put forward, in multiple countries, with the stated goals of “protecting the children” are actually meant to protect the children. If they were I would indeed support them because I have watched friends struggle with their children. But I’m not entirely sure legislating this problem away is even possible.
But parents I know can sit right next to their kids while they have screen time and some of the stuff that gets sent to their children’s devices is questionable. It’s a lot of emotional and mental labor constantly on parents to course correct some of that sometimes sneaky content. And this is a dual working home who are already stretched thin on time and energy. And banning the older children from devices altogether is pretty much impossible because of school and peers.
I saw a post the other day and it made a valid point. When we were kids there seemed to be a lot more sites with games and stuff geared toward children like Neopets and I remember Gaiaonline fondly. Were there some questionable things? Sure, it was the Wild West of the Internet and I had like zero and I mean zero supervision online, but there just seemed to be more stuff explicitly for kids. Games, interactive educational sites, chats and forums. Not just “versions” of things for kids.
Perhaps I am missing something? Someone please jump in if I am misguided on the apps and sites available today. I would gladly pass that info along to some pairs of parents I know.
Right wingers see a video on line and assume it’s the full story and get their collective panties in a twist. However, the school district, which cannot legally release any detailed information about the investigation and punishment had this to say:
I’m thinking this went a little bit further than a couple students whining and must have turned a fair bit worse.
Knowing how a good amount of these kids are raised now by right wing assholes, it’s fair to assume thing turned a LOT worse
And right wing iPads. They’re absorbing some really terrible stuff without supervision, or even with mild supervision and guidance it still gets through.
And blocking kids from those platforms isn’t the answer.
Edit: /s
I got in to two separate arguments on the internet over this today.
The kids should be free to participate in all platforms
Edit: /s
My opinion: no. Children under certain age have no capacity to detect malice or disinformation when interacting with others, especially adults and algorithms bent on harm.
Hell, most adults probably aren’t. But as long as a child has a guardian, it’s the guardian’s responsibility to teach, guide and protect.
Letting a child lose into the internet is harmful, just like letting one out into a city.
I don’t think age verification is a particularly good tool to enforce that, but I don’t know what is, on a societal level.
I do agree with the stated goals tho.
It’s so weird how I agree with you, yet I’m the one with the downvotes here. Just because I’m being sarcastic? I don’t think so. I think they are reactionary and just pissed that what I says aligns with the option platforms are taking.
You made two comments, both edgy, without indicting sarcasm in any way.
Downvotes don’t matter much on lemmy, so don’t worry about it.
I agree with this. I don’t think any of the legislation put forward, in multiple countries, with the stated goals of “protecting the children” are actually meant to protect the children. If they were I would indeed support them because I have watched friends struggle with their children. But I’m not entirely sure legislating this problem away is even possible.
But parents I know can sit right next to their kids while they have screen time and some of the stuff that gets sent to their children’s devices is questionable. It’s a lot of emotional and mental labor constantly on parents to course correct some of that sometimes sneaky content. And this is a dual working home who are already stretched thin on time and energy. And banning the older children from devices altogether is pretty much impossible because of school and peers.
I saw a post the other day and it made a valid point. When we were kids there seemed to be a lot more sites with games and stuff geared toward children like Neopets and I remember Gaiaonline fondly. Were there some questionable things? Sure, it was the Wild West of the Internet and I had like zero and I mean zero supervision online, but there just seemed to be more stuff explicitly for kids. Games, interactive educational sites, chats and forums. Not just “versions” of things for kids.
Perhaps I am missing something? Someone please jump in if I am misguided on the apps and sites available today. I would gladly pass that info along to some pairs of parents I know.
Kids shouldn’t be able to participate in content that is algorithmically optimized for profit. I think that’s one way to frame it.
That’s how the stuff gets in front of them even when the parent is right beside them.
I was being sarcastic. I’m surprised no one noticed.
Usually it’s “fuck this! Parents should do their job!” Around here and in gamer/tech nerd spaces. And that aligns with the sarcasm.