Trial exhibit discussing Instagram's potential recommending of minors to "groomers" takes on a life of its own. A deeper dive answers some questions while raising others.
I offer no excuse… but how the hell did I miss this going on?? Am I the only person who’s just learning about algorithms hooking up minors with groomers??? 😧☹️
A good 20 years ago, my teenage daughter and friends would gather in our computer room upstairs and message each other on the networked computers. One day, after they’d left for other activities, I saw that one girl’s screen name was “SexyLegs.” With some hesitation, I brought it up with her mother, a judge here in Georgia. She asked why I was concerned. I stammered, and said, we’ll, what if her account was hacked. When next I saw her, she informed me that she’d asked her daughter who assured her that her account had never been hacked. The girls each attended prestigious colleges, and my daughter told me after a visit at the other campus that she was alarmed by her friend’s risky sexual behavior. The list of hashtags in this article confirms my instincts—it’s vital to protect young people sometimes from their own behavior.
I offer no excuse… but how the hell did I miss this going on?? Am I the only person who’s just learning about algorithms hooking up minors with groomers??? 😧☹️
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/18/instagram-facebook-child-sexual-harassment
Thank you!
Advertisers cant boycott Facebook or Instagram over inappropriate content.
Meta controls both.
Neither has to "really-really" change as there is no competition in PSN apps.
John List, an economics professor at the University of Chicago and chief economist for Walmart.
Is there an antitrust case to be brought against Walmart ?
A good 20 years ago, my teenage daughter and friends would gather in our computer room upstairs and message each other on the networked computers. One day, after they’d left for other activities, I saw that one girl’s screen name was “SexyLegs.” With some hesitation, I brought it up with her mother, a judge here in Georgia. She asked why I was concerned. I stammered, and said, we’ll, what if her account was hacked. When next I saw her, she informed me that she’d asked her daughter who assured her that her account had never been hacked. The girls each attended prestigious colleges, and my daughter told me after a visit at the other campus that she was alarmed by her friend’s risky sexual behavior. The list of hashtags in this article confirms my instincts—it’s vital to protect young people sometimes from their own behavior.