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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Social media executives testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday in a hearing about child exploitation and safety on their platforms. The witnesses included Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X CEO Linda Yaccarino, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, TikTok CEO Shou Chew and Discord CEO Jason Citron.
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How about personal responsibility? What about parents? Put the phone down. Watch your kids.
Lots of parent-blaming going on here. Poor corporations, victims of the woke!
If your kids have mental illiness due to a product its the parents responsibility to sue the company for the lost of their kids.
Yes, in theory, but is costs beaucoup bucks to go after corporations.This is why we once upon a time had antitrust legislation to take rats out of meat products, etc..@@arnpla3759
It’s disgusting. They brought the parents in for showpieces, and it’s them they should be talking to like their garbage because it’s more their fault than anyone of those CEOs.
That's too big of an ask. My nephews and niece all have a smartphone. They are 3, 5 and 7 years old. They also have tablets, Nintendo Switch, PS4 Pro and Xbox Series S. Not to mention Instagram and CZcams channels. The list is endless when it comes to how much data the big corporations mine off them. And my brother and his wife are seemingly OK with all this.
All I see are neglectful parents wanting to blame other people for their poor parenting skills of watching over their kids. Let’s say they’re successful at getting rid of social media? Then what? What are neglectful parents going to blame after?
Amen to this
100% agree. They rather find fault and put all their guilt of not parenting right to other people and apps.
They aren’t trying to get rid of social media with the legislation they are proposing. Parents do need to be more involved, but with any new technology there are unforeseen problems that need to be addressed. I don’t believe the social media companies set out to facilitate child predators, but they do. You can’t control what evil perverts do, but you better be vigilant when it comes to parenting.
I’m 25, really grew up with the internet, and generally I agree parents have been woefully unequipped to deal with what the internet has become, but I can also not whole heartedly blame people for not understanding what it would become when you could start making a lot of money in horrible ways. these platforms, and platforms that branch from them are truly evil, just as evil as Wall Street, as the MDIC, there are horrible people online. I personally believe that If you are raised right and have a good heart you cannot really even process this evil until you experience it. I’ve had people try and exploit me, and my world view changed that day even if not much came from it, we need to repeal 230, we need to be able to sue these companies, these kids are not ready for this, no one is.
100%. this is parents that aren't actually parenting their kids and just letting them use the internet when they should be supervised.
Half of these politicians don’t even know how to work their phones
Exactly.
So true
My Dad is nearly 70 and helped build some of the first software on smart phones. He can take apart and put together any computer. My Grandpa implemented programs in Palm Pilots. You think they don't understand because it was common 20-30 years ago that they didn't understand, and it's been the assumption of people ever since. I'll bet they know more than most people realize.
@@JessMichael150 that’s why I said half of them. You can tell the ones who don’t have the knowledge because they rely on their assistants to do majority of their work.
Nonsense
These politicians are so rude and performative
RIGHT, I guarantee you they expect not to be interrupted and the CEOS have the respect to NOT interrupt, but they can't help to interrupt them
Yeahhh😢😢😢 It is not even their faults
They are lawyers
Children shouldn’t be on social media‼️‼️
100% agree, not even adults should be
Only smart ones that don’t make social media dictate or ruin their lives should
Social media is spyware.
Go somewhere else than
😂
Your kid drives across an intersection in a Toyota and he isn’t wearing a seatbelt. A Ford F-150 t bones him. The kid gets seriously hurt. Despite Toyota’s and Ford’s best efforts in safety technology, the parent sues the CEOs of Ford and Toyota because they failed to protect their child.
Does that make sense? It isn’t the CEO’s fault that TikTok or Toyota failed to protect the children. It is the parents and child’s responsibility when using the app or vehicle. They’re just trying to get rid of TikTok.
And TikTok SHOULD be gotten rid of, it’s literally designed to dumb down people.
I agree, but toyota is not addictive. We must put an end to doom scrolling and algorithms. These companies are actively doing as much as they can to addict people to their apps and make us spend as much time In apps as possible. The most susceptible to social media addiction are children.
Government control over social media/information is not the answer. We all need to do better. Especially parents.
They are talking about child abuse and mental illness not about car accident.
@@arnpla3759 they’re talking about who is responsible for the safety, well being and mental health of our children. The creators of the addictive product definitely play a role but it’s negligent parents who are to blame.
It’s like Suing McDonald’s because they’ve contributed to obesity and heart disease. If you wanted to be healthy you shouldn’t have ate at McDonald’s. You chose to eat there. You chose to let your kids consume a product that is detrimental. We all need to do better.
These car companies aren't selling access to alcohol on the road at the same time.
When I was growing up in the U.S. during the dawn of the 'internet age,' I rarely saw either of my parents outside of work. Most kids took the bus or walked home, and our parents usually didn't return until around 6 or 7 in the evening. This left us with hours at home alone, free to occupy ourselves. Then, when summer came around, our parents' workplaces didn't offer, and still don't require, vacations longer than a week per year. This meant that, once again, much of the summer was left to our own devices. These devices became a substitute for the absence of our parents, providing entertainment and opportunities to learn. This highlights a flaw in the design of the United States' economic system, with tech companies and incidents being a consequence of this.
employers dont offer mandated vacations in the u.s. , i agree the senate hearing topic is a pressing issue, but most of it is political theater ironically at the fault of those politicians interrogating the ceos, since they are the ones that stirred up the mess to create these possibilities in us parental life
No it’s parents fault for not watching there kids. These not are not victim of ceo snap chat but parents.
@@y09pno it’s parents fault and censorship is goal here. So stupid. Reality killing people and say blood on there hands they don’t .
It’s parents fault. If workers rights preventing good parenting than address that instead blame ceos and internet . What next plenty same things happen outside online . We gonna turn ccp or what
You know we fix it? Put wives back in the home to raise the kids not work. And don’t tell me it’s not possible cuz I’m doing it just fine on a firefighter salary. Debt free. We don’t keep up with the jonses, we tithe and trust Jesus. We have been fine. More than fine. Better than most.
MR.Shou so much respect to you !!! so many stupid questions 😂🤧
“Big tech failed to protect my child” no sir YOU failed to protect your child
100 percent agree. Real life bulllies get away with forcing ppl commit suicide. If your worries about kid than stop letting kid go online unsupervised or better yet don’t give em smart phone
exactly.
protecting your child starts at home . my young niece and nephews doesnt have access or doesnt have socmed accounts
But it’s not just about children; obviously. It’s about the mental toll it has on EVERYONE.
Exactly 💯 💯 💯
Both parents and social media are equally responsible
Teach your children how to deal with adversity instead of trying to shield them from everything
You mean like extortion? You're brain must be smooth as an egg.
@@Whysir what’s your solution to the problem?
@@WhysirDidn't we go over that with 9/11?
Blaming the victim? Kids get scared and are ashamed in these situations. Fear and shame are not the greatest emotions to have when needing to make commons sense decisions, even for adults. That is why they choose suicide, or panic and keep it secret from those adults that can help. Children and even teens are not mature enough to vote, or to make some life choices for themselves. It is up to the adults to put in safeguards to eliminate exploitation. A parent can teach their child how to deal with this type of adversity but if that child screws up and knows that the parent told them this could happen, how likely are they to admit that they did wrong and are now in over their head?
Stop defending people who exploit children...that's notnmore reasonable to you?
As a parent if your kid is somehow on a social media app talking to a pedophile, how could you blame the social media app look at yourself and how you raising your kids
I see 2 things.
1. Parents who neglect their children, and lost them, then decide to put all the blame on social media platforms that they knew their children were using but let them anyway.
2. US senators not really asking questions and looking for solutions, but instead just trying to use these parents to push their own agendas and making the conversation go in whatever way they want without actually bothering to listen to what the social media platforms have to say about anything.
3. Social media companies actively creating the most potent and addictive form of media to generate revenue through ads at the cost of our mental health. These companies do not care about us and neither does the government. They’re doing everything they can to control us. Like planning phony skits like having parents bring photos of their children and making Mark “apologies”.
The parents aren’t watching the kids because the parents are also toked out on social media.
I see a lack of accountability by social media platforms and tech representatives dodging questions
I don’t think you understand how many hearings they’ve had lol they’re getting annoyed that nothing is happening
Yall missed it by 8 miles 😅 the darn parents and grandparents of our snake politicians.
Parents fault all the way around. The parents of the bullies and the parents of the bullied. You as a parent let this happen and do all of nothing about it. No CEO is responsible for your actions or inactions. This is a total waste of taxpayers money.
No total waste. It makes the politicians look good.
@@danielli9167 Not to you or I it seems lol
Did you even watched the video?
why in my country Singapore, Malaysia nothing happening like this .... because over here parents are well monitoring their children....
your country has up to 25-30 mandated vacation days, case closed.
@@y09p but we don't blame CEO'S for this kind of matters... do we?
No, Amisharai, you blame the government, more closely, the American government! As they do not require CEOs to give vacations to their employees like your country does! What does that mean? 0 VACATION DAYS = No Spending Time With Your Children!!! ☺@@amisharai7137
Yes. monitor your kids and if they are too young its your responsibility as a parent not to give them or expose them to tech. games anything. you take care and not blame someone else.
Singapore very strict government, American freedom too much of every thing that why this is happen
I used social media for communications for my love ones and friends and its very useful. Blame the parents for their luck of regulations for using social media of their children.
If you are not sexually exploiting children, why would you care about restrictions protecting children?
@@klharrell7722What the hell are you yappin about?😭
@klharrell7722 They're not pushing for child safety though, they are pushing for a ban on apps due to supposed lack of child safety. Banning apps that everyone uses to communicate and express themselves freely, just because parents don't properly protect or educate their kids makes it a big issue for people who just want to use the app as is, and not for sexual exploitation.
So your telling me that these CEO of social media are responsible for parents not keeping tabs on their kids who killed them selves?!!, there are safe guards in place for this ,any 13 year old knows how to side step these safe guards! People need to take responsibility for their own actions and stop blaming others!
They should do the same about gun safety and they don’t do nothing about the thousands of children that died in this country because of gun violence and mass shootings. That is the real pandemic of this country not social media. 😢What a shame. We should educate our kids on how to navigate social media so they can use this platforms properly and safely.
First of all the fact that they continue to blame a CEO for something that you need it to do as a parent which is to be on top of your “ CHILD” you failed to do that & because you obviously do not see the other side of these politicians trying to manipulate the situation by making you believe that the information or what your “ CHILD” information encounter in the internet it’s the CEO’s fault; It does not work this way. Responsibilities start at home with your children, whether this is tough or not, it’s your responsibility.
What dumb take.
So when CEOs of cigarette companies and gun companies start trying to sell to teens, you going to have the same dumb take?
@@NWBwana your take is dmb, companies can die if they don't stay competitive. You not playing by the rules that someone else does is you losing, everything.
Rules are made by the government, so blame the government.
They don't sell to teens only because it's illegal, that's all there is to it, so your point is completely r-t-d-d
Why do you even bring an example that is not plausible and straight illegal?
You want privacy, you don't want them to look into your private messages, but you also want them to stop creeps from DM-ing unsolicited stuff, where's the logic?
You allow kids on social media but you don't want them to experience anything bad while you are against them being able to look into anything private
WHERE IS THE LOGIC? I know where it is, you have no brain to have logic, I read your message and it's literally obvious.
@@NWBwanau just compared a harmful substance and a weapon to social media ur take is dumb af how is this on the ceos of the apps rather than the parents regulating what their kids are doing online
@@xaviananderson5286 were ur parents able to monitor everything you did in life?
@xaviananderson5286 cause social media is addictive like those substances, harmful like them, and can be used as a weapon. Are you this uneducated about the other strong opinions you have?
they should blame the parents for not monitoring their own kids ... and it's not the CEO's responsibilities too ...
full of nonsense
😂🤣😆 the parents an grandparents of all our politicians , 😂
You know how many people became victims? You think all are the parents fault? Both of social media and parents are responsible which social media fails to do.
This is too late 20 years, while a child that had been abused by Social Media, has already grown up and has a drugs problem. Sad 😢
It was never because of social media it was because of the wrong people in it
What mark says at @1:11:20 would solve every single problem, How does the senate then go on ahead and say that it won’t?! It’s upto the parents to monitor what their children are downloading on their devices and that’s the best way to counter any harm coming to them.
Because goal here is to distract. Other reason why they want increase censorship. What next real life going to be crisis itself censorship
If they dont have time than address work place because your kids gonnna find non online ways to be harmed so circle back parents not watching there kids
You can't watch your kids 24/7. Zuckerberg idea is great. If you ask me that is a societal problem, parents lack education and many crimes in that regard lack enforcement. Maybe ai can also help out in that topic. I honestly think this issue is being weaponizes not for the cause of child protection. Loading all responsibility to the companies is cheap. It is impossible to control all content timely, if you ask me there should be upload filter scanning before uploading. But that on the other hand will surely miss used and the use cases will go up from time to time. First step could be a prevention hotline, a direct contact for parents to call and mandatory courses for kids in schools and parents.
Also every 10th ad could be content about that topic, to reinforce awareness.
One problem is also hacking. You don't want every criminal actor have the id's from every citizen in the world. Imagine the abuse of systems. Cc fraud, identity theft and blackmail. I'm sure there are more things. North Korea and Russia have sophisticated hacking groups. China does 2. Especially with the rise of ai this is an danger with unknown potential.
hear me out, what if parents just… do their job?😱
Hear me out, friend ! Most comments are bringing their personal childhood into this . Or blaming the parents, mainly. Plz exsplane, friend, what about the parents n grandparents of all our politicians . 🤔🤔🤔🫡
@@chopperchopper1418 what do you mean??? i’d be happy to explain! do you mean why i’m saying parents should just do their job or??
Zuckerberg shouldn't have bent the knee to Hawley asking if he wanted to apologize. What a manipulative move from Hawley. Mark should have said it was gross to turn their pain into such a spectacle for the camera and that he would speak to them off-camera.
Your right, he put him in a lose-lose situation
So at what point will parents take responsibility for their own homes? The environment in which you creat will be the environment in which YOUR child thrive.. this is absurd!!!
Social media help you see and learn stuff you didn't no, kids are getting smarter, see like this you can speak your opinion, 😉
Did you even watched the video and how kids died?
Shut it all down! Look how much healthier we all were physically and mentally before all this garbage. We don't need social media, and neither do our children.
I got rid of all my social media accounts a few years ago, but watching this I have to agree with a lot of the comments I'm seeing.
People need to grow up and take responsibility, not only for their own actions, but also the actions of their children. Your children, YOUR responsibility. You give your child a phone, YOU set it up. Not smart enough, LEARN!
These people and their companies shouldn't be responsible for everyone and their kids.
So social media CEOs have to make sure their platform is 100% perfect with no negative flaws. But these politicians can ignore what the public want and not address issues and still carry on what their doing.
The parents blaming everyone but themselves for their lack of parenting skills is crazy. Lmfaooo
I know
You didnt even watched video did you?
Notice the two willing participants (Zuckerberg and Chew) are the smoothest talkers of them all. They know what to say and have an answer for just about everything.
It’s too late to bring justice. Honestly sickening
Social media has it's place in the world. However, there are too many lazy parents that should not be parents when it becomes a burden on them to properly raise them with moral values. Wait, I've got an idea. Let's give them all cell phones and plop them down, without monitoring their activity to see what they're into because then they would have to deal with it. It's a tragedy. Then these kids grow up and pass on the same no skill parenting. A VICIOUS CYCLE OF DYSFUNCTION.
I think if child is threatened to get exposed to his friend and family members. Its not parents fault but rather a criminals in the social media.
It looks like all the tec companies have invested in some level of child safety on their platforms. But the questions are, 1. Are parents aware of these safety measures, 2. Do they know how to use these safety measures, Are they making any efforts to learn and use these safety measures. Educational support from the tec companies would help in this regard. 3.Do parents use these safety measures, 4. Are these safety measure robust enough to guarantee child safety? Guess everything can be improved. The Tec companies should identify the loss ends and fix it. This is a joint responsibility between the tec companies, law makers, the judiciary and Parents mostly. Even with the best safety tools parents have to pay attention to their Kids. They shouldn't shift the blame to only the tec companies. We are all involved. Let do this together. In my view no minor under 17 years by law should be allow on social media. Those of us who were introduce to social media at 25 years don't have much problems. We can easily filter and navigate ourselves to safety.
100% agree that a huge part of this is parenting (or the lack there of). lots of these issues would be resolved if parents were teaching and monitoring their kids on these apps (i know bc my parents did & i’ve never been in any unsafe situations online). however i do agree that there can always be more steps taken by these companies to make the internet safer and that this was an important conversation.
it’s understandable that some parents may not be able to keep up with these things for whatever reason. i also understand that kids can be sneaky (though good parenting can still deter this behavior).
i think, as a society, we should all put more emphasis on teaching our kids internet safety so the burden doesn’t fall on parents solely. more middle-high schools can implement internet safety courses that also emphasize how to navigate social media, for example.
Lol u gata be a young parent to know about danger in apps not a parent that is an adult at 2000s its just not all parents have that intelect in New Gen tech u must be 34 or 30 to be fully knawladgeable
two words FLIP PHONE that how you stop it. these smart phones are not needed.
You know what isn’t going to help come to a solution? Giving Senators just 7 minutes to ask questions and then watch them ask aggressive questions and don’t allow the CEOs to give answers.
I believe these apps should have a .01 cent download fee that requires a credit or debit card to purchase. This way a child needs a parent to authorize it and let's the parent know what the child is downloading since these parents are complaint that they don't know what their children are engaging in. 🤷🏻♀️
I feel sorry for them. Something is wrong with the ideology.
They had no business degrading Mark in front of the Nation. That was out of line. 😮
I agree. And now, it's online.
They should do the phone company the same way they are doing the social media platform. If it wasn't social media it would be the telephone and you can't keep the kids off of the telephone.
At what point do we start to see and accept the real cause of these issues? It is the responsibility of a PARENT to monitor and teach their children the right values. It is NOT the responsibilities of these companies who are just doing their business to watch your child, who might I add, they don't even know has been born. Fire, deadly as it is isn't burning children every day yet it exists everywhere. Why? Because children have been taught that it is dangerous! This same caution should be placed on access to social media. If you give a child a phone, or laptop or whatever, then you have given them a portal to the internet which has all kinds of content. I think it is enough that these companies have tried to put in place safety measures for child accounts. The duty is left to parents to do their job and parent their children! If you fail in your job, you..... and not a stranger......should be held accountable for failing to be responsible for your own child!
Why are they blaming the ceo of Snapchat about a teen buying fake drugs on Snapchat, it’s not there fault the teen wanted to buy drugs on the app
Parents could also change in settings so the Apple Store requires entering the AppleID password for any download. Parents need to monitor what their kids are consuming online.
As an 18 year old, I've never considered purchasing nor using any substances...because it has been heavily emphasized since middle school that they're dangerous and to not try any.
This is the individual's choice if the teen decides to use drugs, whether it's fentanyl or something else. They are making a choice and accepting to take the risks that come with it.
2:26:00 this senator is leaning pressure down , i find this review so refreshing that possible drastic huge changes to come as i'm sick and tired of it all
It is insane that they keep referring to people 13 years old and younger as underage. Every other aspect of American life 18 or 21 is considered an adult.
I see 9 thumbs up, this sentence makes no logical sense to me for a point, there's no point here. Can someone clarify what the fk was the point of this? I think you're all clueless here
13y and younger is underage, yes
18 to 21 is adult, yes
it's like that everywhere, social media or every aspect of American life, what is your point, you didn't give a fkin point
@@wasd3108you’d have to watch the hearing lol
@@wasd3108gotta read the article and not just the headlines. Otherwise you post angry comments for no reason and look like a fool.
@@deecee15s83 again, your comment makes no sense. I am referring to your comment and you talk about headlines and how I allegedly read only headlines. This makes me conclude your sentence actually is as fked up as it reads.
Headlines are to clips, as reading the article is to watching the hearing.
How a tool is used is not the responsibility of the creator.
It is not the creator's responsibility. Authors should monitor it and take appropriate action against anyone who violates the policy. If you fail to take such measures, it is the responsibility of the creator or administrator.
Reminds me of that one scene in the movie Oppenheimer where he was questioned this way by the board members. Except now the senators questioning the CEO's
I'm confused. Do we still have lawmakers ?
It's good to see that the big guys are being held accountable. This is good...but they're gonna need to start bringing some of these parents before the court also. Kid's aren't supposed to raise themselves, or be raised by Social Media.
taking a shot everytime they mention the parents in the back for no reason
They should all be jailed failing to protect kids, meanwhile they are actually profiting off it..
Hard to take any of these politicians serious by how they protect Epstein
Factssss
Yep, that’s why Trump hired Alexander Acosta. He owed him one
Seems like a cultural and personal discipline issue. Can’t blame the companies for the way a user uses that platform.
Where were these parents when their kids were on the internet?
....oh, only terrible parents don't survive their children and all their devices 24/7.
Some of them, working?
@@RicardoIMelendezQUETZALCOATL everybody is working. and others also take care of their kids and do not let the internet become their baby sitter.
@@NWBwanadon’t buy them smart phone until older watch them. Just like in real life. Instead of censorship . Real life suicide nothing to do with internet . What about them? Parents abuse kids and later commit suicide as adult. Ok so solve all suicide should be solved by politicians. If mental health hurting you cuz of social media . Stop using it
Do any of these sickos have children? What's happening with them? God bless the kids
This is all a shakedown on live tv 😅😅 pay the politicians off, they need more $$
In 2023 politicians received 12 million from Google alone
Blood on parents hands by blaming internet. If they don’t have time than address worker rights.
Even the child has responsibility tbh some children are just too naughty and doesn’t know when to be quiet
A good example is children sending someone inappropriate pictures just because they think it’s okay
Sounds like lack parental supervision. why are your KIDS sending nudes anyway. CHECK YOUR KIDS' PHONES OR DON'T GIVE THEM ONE!!!!
So true this just excuse gov censorship. Parents fault if they are too busy than we should address fact why parents overworked or ppl in general. I knw plenty of poor ppl supervise kids cell use age
poor parenting, that's the whole summary of this, the world is filled with good and evil, everything is your hands, social media can never be completely pure because the world isn't, I don't know why people won't let this sink in, quit the delusion.
1:10:45 I think around this moment says a lot because they’re saying it’s “too hard” for the parents. So yes maybe that means making the parent controls more user friendly. My question is shouldn’t you as a parent want to learn and figure it out if it means you can help keep your kid safer online because at the end of the day you are closer to your children and can have more of an impact on helping your kids than the platforms. At the end of the day the platforms can only do so much, but you are there physically with your children.
Ww3 around the corner and we’re worried about TikTok? This country is broken.
Its not facebooks fault parents buy their kids phones....and allow them to use it lol..........this is all about a money jus tryna make someone else pay for their own bad decisions ita a joke
This is America. It is always somebody else fault. Never be themselve.
Partially true, yet, what can we do to fix it?
All are to be blame. Parents, Adults, Politicians and all Social Media Companies including we are in now..
Money is far more important than the mental health of children! Social media is the ruination of our youth!
When can we get a privacy bill that protects citizens from companies storing personal data??? We do have a right to privacy right??? RIGHT?!?!
so whats the conclusion? Delete internet, use birds to send letters.
😂😂😂
It's YOUR child you're the one who is responsible for him, maybe you should be a better parent instead of blaming others on your failures of raising him properly
I don't understand why they are suing these CEOs' it could be these parenta who will provide assistance to their own child.
Its much easier to protect millions of users from harassment.
And its much harder for millions of families to help Thier children after they were exposed to.
Seriously these media platforms needs to be controlled, this is the need of the hour.
How about somebody that worth nothing! I know lots of people here has that notion . That is why our lives with peoples here that has power to do so, made others live miserably. So someone who had been violated helplessly, some ,killed themselves. Is that what these elites talked about?
David Bazucki should have been here. Too bad they forgot about him.
They don't use the phone company when someone victimize children on the phone. The law makers are abusing power. The social media platform cannot be blamed for the crimes that people do there.
So many parents on here rationalizing why they give their kids a smart phone. They say. "They need it incase there is an emergency". These parents think we are idiots. There are non smart phones they can contact you with.
Facts if they need a phone for emergencies then buy a flip phone they are still being sold
These children should never be able to be on them in the first place
the purpose of this hearing is for congress to criminalize social media in pursue of support which translates to vote. Look at how they are not interested in constructive discussion at all
It's time to hold the untouchables accountable
This is so stupid, the CEOs did nothing wrong. They did not talk to these minors in inappropiate ways, or try to sell them drugs, etc. these parents need to be mad at the pedophiles that attacked their kids, not the messaging outlet. If you attack the CEOs, nothing will happen and these pedophiles will get away. What parents need to do, is teach their kids online safety and regulary check their online activity. They need to do this because many kids lie about their age to automatically bypass any filtering content, as well as turning off important settings. The CEOs have no authority in changing someone's settings unless they are a minor; and if kids lie about their age, settings have no effect in showing kid friendly content. Therefore, do not blame companies for not looking after your kids. It is your responsibility, they are not a daycare center.
How sad is it that your kids trust social media more than you. Don't blame others for your failures,
Not knowing what “yada yada yada” means is so telling. Deleting Snapchat. No thanks.
HOLD ON
Stop blaming other people for how you raise your children
Mr Shou deserves respect
PROPER COMMUNICATION TO THE POINT AND NOT OUT OF CONTEXT!!!! for another use and other ends of protection of Biden in alliance with the big Banks, right?
Mr Shou is very very compétent, so that s the threat to business.
I mean i dont like how mike cant even answer a simple yes or no question lmaoo
This is ridiculous. Children are....CHILDREN. Not adults. They are to be supervised by parents or adults. They arent even allowed to have social media accounts legally. Would you allow a thirteen year old to operate a crane? No. Because it is illegal and unsafe. The same as this . But somehow, once again, adults are going to pay for parental failure. Not ..my..problem.
“But at the end of the day I farted” 3:19:02
Is it naive of me to think & say that parents play a large role in overseeing their own children? Yes; criminals need to be caught/accountable. Parents too should make clear that explicit photos & language can never be used ‘innocently’ or privately on any forum, ever.
It’s interesting that everyone here are talking about the fault of the parents. Bottom line is that it’s impossible to keep tabs on everything that the kids do because parents are working, kids are at school, friends’ homes, extracurricular activities, etc. To say that the parents need to be more present is also saying that they wouldn’t be able to work to support the family if they are supposed to constantly keep tabs on kids. Aside from that, how do you raise a capable and functioning child if you don’t place trust in them during the times that you aren’t around them?
As the saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child. I would argue that with the constant bombardment of our children with information, advertising, etc., the saying would more aptly be “it takes a country to raise a child.” The algos used by these social media platforms feed them the information that they pay attention to. Like the parents, the social media companies also have an obligation to take great care in what it is that children are exposed to. Parents can’t control algos. Programmers can.
Because it’s a CBS crowd.
The comments on other channels are quite different ;)
They probably got questioned every thing but child safety, especially TikToks CEO.
Lol so bad parents dont monitor what their kids watch on the internet. Lack of responsibility. Bad parenting and bad state representatives.
indeed
Why not blame social media, they put app on the phone like u block advertising but it keep popping up, calling your phone all day like they paying the phone bill, interrupt your phone calls, then cutting in your videos 🤔
Its not social media's fault, ITS PARENTS!!!! My kids will NEVER NEVER NEVER have a smartphone only a old one!!!
Why is Nigeria a haven for online scammers? Can someone explain this? Not only for young people but for older and the elderly generation. An acquaintance in her 60s was a victim of extortion through a dating app several years ago and I fear that she is currently being extorted again. She is uneducated and desperate to marry and ignorant of scammers. It’s truly sad that scammers target vulnerable elders.
On one hand, I agree that that a lot of the problems presented here are personal responsibility and parent responsibility. However, there will always be parents who do not properly take care of their children, and because of that the burden falls on the companies running these apps to mitigate it
Why is always we point fingers to others. I see these companies fault but parents are the primary responsible for the wellbeing of your child. If you failed to be a parent assume your responsibility.
Children shouldnt be allowed to have social media!!! They still have a way of sneaking and getting profiles! They need to start proving identity to help protect them from the horrors they dont realize theyre facing!!!
In as much as we have different opinions on this matter, The only workable solution is to reform the Privacy and Security terms of all social media platforms for the safety of the young people (even the elderly). With the inevitable advancement technology, It's going to be nearly impossible to implement parental control, because some of these kids are doing this willingly and some unknowingly. However, another most potent tool that these politicians are sidelining is to admit that parents need to their job (PROPER PARENTING -PP)
I don't see this a problem to social media creators, it's just poor parenting and children probably don't trust to discuss this issue with their parents...again it's the parent that need to build this trust to their kids so they can take action..parents are children therapy at home. I bet the social media creators last intention is for something like this to happen, however this could be solved by something called "deleting the app and reporting to authorities , Parents !!!"
Common sense. Address fact censorship Trojan horse. I’d they care about suicide than real life should be censored. I don’t want hear drugs being sold online. That problem made by drug war mind set.
Take away the children's mobile phones and use parental controls on their tablets laptops and desktop. Parents are not taking responsibility for their own child neglect. Are they deaf dumb and blind stupid or only now care. It's not social media's fault the blame lies with the parents and lump the teachers in that child abuse as well.
S.P.M Here:
Dear reader,
Doesn't Nigeria realize that it has already created a bad image for itself?
It was not a surprise to hear that country's name in this extortion case.
May all the victims who were bold enough to come forward, and those who are out in the world and can't talk about their own trauma find grace and restoration.
Thoughts & Prayers.
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Don’t these politicians have better things to do?
Some parents won't take responsibility for anything their kids do. They're ignoring kids and allowing poor judgement and then deflect any responsibility for the outcome. They just claim they are being victimized. If they can't find someone or something to blame, then it must be God's will. They will never accept their failings as parents...