Lawmakers Ask Zuck to Drop 'Instagram for Kids' Since App Made Kids Suicidal

Re:Lawmakers Ask Zuck to Drop 'Instagram for Kids' Since App... by Apocryphon on Thursday September 16, 2021 @02:19PM (#28555210)

I don’t even think that violent video games are harmless. I just think the desensitization is more insidious and longer-term, maybe something with cultural and spiritual ramifications, but not something that’s as immediately harmful to public health like depression caused by social media social stresses.

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Re:Lawmakers Ask Zuck to Drop 'Instagram for Kids' Since App... by cutemonster on Thursday September 16, 2021 @06:00PM (#28558273)

Hmm. I'm thinking that if there was a graphical video game based on the book "American Psycho" where one was playing that character, maybe it could be damaging to some.

I never saw such a game. -- The FPS games I've seen, I'd compare them more with looking at a ww2 movie.

"The last of us" -- that game maybe that one can cause, like you wrote, a bit desensitization. It's more realistic brutal violence in that game than what I saw in the games i played as a kid.

Any games come to your mind?

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Re:Lawmakers Ask Zuck to Drop 'Instagram for Kids' Since App... by Apocryphon on Thursday September 16, 2021 @06:02PM (#28558292)

Manhunt jumps to mind. There's a few games, some of which from Rockstar, that aims to be edgy and gratuitous for the sake of it. Maybe the Hitman games, since they are literally murder simulators?

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Re:Lawmakers Ask Zuck to Drop 'Instagram for Kids' Since App... by cutemonster on Monday September 20, 2021 @03:20PM (#28597664)

I had a look at Manhunt, it's an a more brutal game than what I would have thought.

For sure I wouldn't want military or policemen to play such games, and not kids either

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