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How can we protect kids from the harms of social media without sacrificing everyone's privacy? (piefed.ca)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 10 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

I like to think I'm a tech savvy parent and the amount of tooth gnashing to setup and maintain child accounts is incredible. I'm convinced the foxes guarding the henhouse are using dark patterns to make parents give up.

Why can't I just get a notification on my phone saying "Hey, kiddo wants to have screen time. Approve?"

Hell, I'd love a notification saying "Kiddo started watching Mr. Blah." If I got the notification and I didn't want them watching that, I could block the video, or creator with a click. WHY ARE WE NOT AT THIS LEVEL OF CONVENIENCE?

A LOT of these concerns would go away if phones/tablets/tv's had these simple controls. Move those privacy controls into the home and MAKE them so easy a neanderthal could operate them.

If I have to *.newsocialbook.com into my router, you can bet your damn ass that "LiveLaughLoveMom<3" is going to keep demanding that someone else do it for her.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Capitalism. Everything you described costs money to create and maintain and it generates zero (or negative) profit. Most people aren't going to want to pay for some sort of nanny toolkit.

    Don't get me wrong, I agree with you and it should be like that. Our current systems are not going to bring that about though.

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