Parents told to delete social media apps to prevent kids from seeing Hamas atrocities
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Facebook, X, TikTok and other social media services have been filled with graphic imagery out of Israel and Gaza since the weekend’s terror attack.

Parents told to delete social media apps to prevent kids from seeing Hamas atrocities — Facebook, X, TikTok and other social media services have been filled with graphic imagery::American and Israeli parents say they have received messages from schools, temples, synagogues and peers following the Hamas terror attack urging them to delete social media applications off their kids’ phones.

  • Schwim DandyEnglish
    23·
    9 months ago

    I’m not saying this sarcastically but with honest confusion, is the warning from an entity or group that hasn’t spent a lot of time on the internet? I’m not young by any stretch of the imagination and people have had very easy,almost accidental access to horrific imagery and media since the advent of the internet. Fake titled gore on Napster, image boards, etc.

    I will say the quality/detail of the content has gotten disturbingly more clear. That part makes it more disturbing to me. The Ukraine community has a shocking amount of drone video where it’s like a front row seat to the last seconds of someone’s life.

      • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.mlEnglish
        5·
        9 months ago

        I’d imagine kids are lacking a lot in terms of high quality critical thinking within the majority of educational institutions right now.

        But circumventing their parents and teacher’s technical prowess is one of their strengths. This is a nothingburger. Unless the kid’s parents work in tech and know how to block sites at a router level, they probably have nothing on their kids.

        And even then, heading to a place with public wifi and hanging out with your friends who still do have the apps is still gonna happen.

        As far as censorship, I personally think kids should be exposed to more adult related material while supervised by their loved ones. Not ALL adult related material, but we have to be realistic. The world of tomorrow is likely to be more harsh than it is today, to put it mildly. And the children of today need to be psychologically prepared for that so that they can adapt more readily for the world of tomorrow.

        Again, just my two cents, and while I’ve coached and taught kids in the past, I’m not a parent myself, so take my opinion with a hefty grain of salt.

        • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          Lmmfao!

          I can count on one thumb how many kids in my kid’s grade can do shit to bypass parental controls on devices at all.

          That one kid tried, and failed. Also, router level blocking isn’t that hard.

          But, I’m with you on using it as teaching. You wanna have access to Facebook, we sit down and talk about it, learn the good and bad of it, what to watch out for, etc. Because you’re dead right, all it takes is one other kid without restrictions and a device they’re willing to share. It’s much better to teach your kids than just block them from things.

        • jandar_fett@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          I agree. There should probably be a line drawn, but I think it’s important for children of a certain age, that can process it is, get small doses of the real world is actually like and what needless suffering looks like, so they’re prepared for the future and can just have empathy for others in general instead of living inside a bubble.