Grieving parents want KOSA to protect kids' online safety

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These Grieving Parents Want Congress to Protect Children Online

If this is considered politics I trust people will report me to the Lords of Power and they will lock it or delete the thread. I don't see it as politics - I see it as relevant to the mental health of children.

All I could think of while reading this was the thousands and thousands of parents who don't have the money to get to Washington D.C. and fight for anything. I don't understand why in-person pressure is all that seems to work.

Don't ask my opinion of Zuckerberg. I will pull out the thesaurus and the dictionary to get more bad words. Of the Big Social Media Companies, only Meta and TikTok are not supporting this bill. That's all you need to know about the character of the people running those two companies.
 

So far, the Government is not regulating anything that is of major importance to the future of our children. You could add middle aged, and the elderly to that also. We cannot depend on some legislation to take care of these problems. We have to become active in the causes that we chose and work diligently to see them through.
 
I see some problems with KOSA legislation. Who is going to determine what's appropriate? And what is appropriate for a 16 year old is not appropriate for a 6 year, and how is the computer supposed to know the difference. And I'm quite sure by the time a school kid gets to be 13, he knows the work-around to defeat KOSA. What if a parent doesn't like what's on KOSA?

I'm sorry, your kids live in your house, use your computer, and it is your responsibility to know what they do on that computer. I don't think it's up to some goody-two-shoes political committee in Washington to determine what is "appropriate" for parents' kids, when the parent is sitting 20 feet from the kid's computer. Seniors commit suicide, so maybe your kids could put a block on your computer. Adults commit suicide, too; so everybody need content screeners, too.
 

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The computer/smart phone are tools. The internet is a library. That doesn't mean what is on the internet is legal, practical or smart

I've seeing a lot about these Tik Tok challenges lately with some actually challenging someone to commit a crime. Just because it's called a challenge doesn't mean it's legal. The big one were videos showing people how to steal Kia cars. STEALING is a CRIME. Information or a 'challenge' found on the internet does NOT make it legal.

Don't need another government law to stop CRIME ie the breaking of another law. Then I hear there's a tik tok challege telling people to bang down a strangers door. HELLO, that's not lack of a federal law problem if child or teen decides to do that. That is a stupid problem ie taking the chance of getting arrested or attacked by the owner for defending their property. They should know the basics like stealing is wrong/a crime and should not be breaking/vandalizing other people's property which is also a CRIME.

Should not need laws, long lectures, classes, courses for the basics like CRIME is bad or do stupid stuff expect stupid results.
 
Perhaps parents should spend the time getting their children more interested in sports, sciences, music, etc. and speak to them about the dangers of the internet. I'm sorry but I don't get this, children being lured online - I think it is the parents' fault as they are not sufficiently involved in what their children are doing.

This has never happened in my family or other families that I am personally involved with. In fact, the whole concept of our family's children being lured online is absolutely foreign to us.

Also I know through my former work colleagues' families, that their children are not interested in what they can find online, but what they can discover in experiencing joy and support through their family and sensible friendships and experiencing life through hobbies and sports.
 
Gee I wish this part of the bill applied to grown-ups too: "let youths opt out of some features that can lead to compulsive use."

I feel like YouTube really knows how to lead people to compulsive use, I need an option that would every hour change all their suggested videos to boring ones.
 
I have seen kids use their computers and smartphones to do some very tricky, ugly things to other children and it seems the older the child, the more egregious acts they can come up with, especially at parties and if you throw in a little or even lots of alcohol, kids can do some pretty perverse things that would make most of us adults do a double take.
 
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