ye had a similar experience before, it's really really horrible what this does to them!

Who is easier to manipulate than a kid? An addicted kid.

I would throw YouTube in that as well. You ever try to take a tablet away from a 7-9yo who's watching YT shorts? They'll damn near rip your arm off.

I liked the old days when clowns just appeared menacingly from the shadows, but didn't chase anyone.

There are only two instances this is acceptable. Haunted houses, and Halloween, but only in party crowds, not chasing single people down the street. Otherwise, these people deserve to be arrested (NOT beaten, just arrested), cited and fined (NOT thrown in jail without their meds, and again, NOT beaten. JFC, I hate cops.)

They only care about their competitors because they'll be the ones scraping up the extra ad revenue. No one actually cares about the children. Almost as bullshit as the Sackler payout for causing the opioid endemic.

This is the thing with all the social media bans, we have so much evidence that social media is incredibly bad for the youth and we really should do something for public health - but the flipside is that the only way to do that is (apparently, at least...) massive privacy invasion. It's fucking miserable.

@madeindex@lemmy.world Direct link to the article: latimes.com/california/story/2

Woah these are wild. The Holocaust challenge is stupid, but I don’t think it belongs that low on the list. They’re not putting their lives in danger.