Technology

No real mention of the parents other than a line about how they're lining up to sue too. When I was a kid, my parents made me log every moment I spent in front of the computer in a book along with what I was doing. I got into some stuff, but I also got sat down and talked to a few times. Many of my friends had to share phones with siblings. The computer was in a public space and we were all told to never use our real name online. Where did things go wrong and why?

I dislike Meta an FB a lot, but I think it's ridiculous to make them responsible for every kid in America. Isn't there a confirmation dialogue that says you're not allowed to use it if you are under 13? The parents gave them a tool that can be used to look up >>>almost anything<<<. Thats like handing your kid a metaphorical RPG and sending them out the door to go play. Making sure kids have guidance and help in developing media literacy is at least partially the parents job.

Having said that, I do think there is a lot of other bad stuff META did that should have already put them out of business. In my opinion, they're obviously a bad actor but blaming them infantalizes everyone else. Poor little Americans, powerless against the big bad Meta. Also, why is it okay to manipulate adults? If anything, these feeds should be boldly labeled as "does not reflect reality", or "this content has been algorithmically selected to be addictive, take frequent breaks, touch grass"