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[–] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

After being choked unconscious there is about 7 seconds before brain damage will start to occur.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    Lawyers for TikTok argued that the case should be dismissed under the First Amendment and the current law called the Communications Decency Act, which bars internet companies from liability for content by third parties.

    Critics argue that the law is outdated.

    Ya reckon?!

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  • [–] 26 points 9 months ago (29 children)

    As much as I truly believe that TikTok fucking sucks, so much that I have everything TikTok related blocked from my web browser, suing because your kids are morons is pretty fucking dumb.

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  • [–] 23 points 9 months ago (23 children)

    No empathy for grieving parents? Maybe I'm just getting old.

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  • [–] 18 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    You can have empathy while simultaneously realizing they obviously have no case.

    The article quotes an attorney representing the families saying that the videos were "material they can’t turn away from". Come on, now. Those kids weren't Clockwork Orange'd. Let's return to reality.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    It doesn't cost you anything to refrain from using the word "morons" in this context... But I guess that's just the empathy.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    It doesn’t cost you anything to refrain from using the word “morons”

    That's why I didn't use it.

    That was "Mastengwe". Pay attention to who you're replying to next time.

    That goes for all of the people who upvoted your comment, too. Shameful.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (14 children)

    What kind of parents leave their children unsupervised on the internet?

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    There is zero part of growing up that requires access to the internet.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    I agree, but unless you don't let kids have friends, they will have access.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    my parents tried many times to revoke my access.

    The typical workarounds involved a trip to the dump to dig up some godforsaken machine, and maybe stopping by the library to burn an iso. Wireless adapter lacks an antenna? No problem, I'll rig up a coat hanger/paperclip/random piece of wire.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    At that point, why do I need to be worried you won't do a suicide challenge?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Don’t let your kids hang out with those who have parents you don’t know and don’t trust. It has worked for Christian parents for decades and it worked for my lesbian parents growing up in the conservative south.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    scroll up🔼1🧵. I adopted an adult in my polycule.
    Want to adopt more.
    I am responsible enough to supervise their internet usage, and they know to ask me permission to record themselves online with masks & filters.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Both are at fault in this case. This is why I supervise my adoptees. I care too much about them than to let them pull dangerous stunts like these.

    Tiktok should have also immediately sent law enforcement on the folks that started the challenge. Algorithms are algorithms, but even some trends are against their ToS.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago*

    Did we just skip the “Run blindfolded into oncoming traffic TikTok challenge” between tide pods and choking, or have I not been paying enough attention?

    Section 230 needs a paddlin’ now that it’s clear big tech controls every platform and every corner, and Trust and Safety is nothing more than a weak tea after-the-fact press release slash out-of-court settlement promising “changes”.

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