A human head coming out of a toilet bowl, a toilet bowl or a toilet bowl – whatever you prefer to call it -, which also replaces the human body, is the new protagonist of the digital adventures of local children under 10 years old. old, but who are already better at social media than their parents, let alone their grandparents. The adventure story is complemented by a “clip”. Yes, that device that we’ve known since we were little and that we’ve always been warned to stay away from because of its high bacteria content.

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I don’t reject it, nor do I applaud it, but that’s how it is. It’s a sign of the times that the digital beings from the womb, who in my opinion are technologically more than digital natives, have their own way of navigating that virtual world that takes up a good part, a big part, of their daily attention, and the interruption of which could cause family or educational disruption. incident.

Prosecutors in the United States are suing Meta for harming the “physical and mental health of young people”

I’m thinking about this when I learn that 33 US prosecutors have sued Meta, the umbrella that covers perhaps the biggest media and interaction ever: Facebook and Instagram. The lawsuit refers to the apparent harm caused to the mental health of children and adolescents, a charge that focuses on the alleged deception of the public that Mark Zuckerberg’s company would have committed by not warning about the risks of using social networks. such a young age, without proper maturity. Something like we didn’t put “smoking kills” on the packaging and cause the market restriction that he has now taken over vapingwith its design and flavors.

(…) that access and consumption control be applied to social networks, before we get a society of zombies…

This is a very complex issue presented in a California court, based on alleged addictive features created by Meta to hook little ones, leading to “deceptive behavior.” Something the accused corporation rejects because it claims it has already introduced more than 30 technology tools to support families of consumer children in their desire for safe and positive online experiences. But… How can we regulate something that is free by nature, with absolute freedom of choice among users and avoiding the very common anxiety about what is forbidden?

How to protect your children from the dangers of social networks?

In addition to this coordinated tax crackdown, which will undoubtedly lead to a court battle, confusion (a word that has returned to prominence after our recent election campaign) has long caused alarm on the web. Among the networks most used by adults, free expression has become licentiousness and aggression; and among children and adolescents the suggestions escalate in aggressiveness and already pass the point where imitation has led to accidental deaths and suicides.

Mark Zuckerberg knew that Facebook can be addictive in children and adolescents, but he still ignored it; now he is being sued

Either through the courts or with an explosion of common sense, it is urgently necessary to apply control of access and consumption on social networks, before we get a society of zombies who do not respect the most basic rules of coexistence. Technology has many benefits that we mistakenly waste by spending our virtual and brain megabytes on events that could affect our mental health. (OR)