Re:TikTok is sued over deaths of two young girls in viral 'b...
by krageon on Monday July 04, 2022 @05:36AM
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> There are ways to restrict phones and make sure to communicate the dangers directly.
Your child is / will be better at using the tech than you, so you have to assume you are doing this against a threat actor more competent than you, with most likely more time to spend circumventing it.
> You would need to have some kind of social media app that checks your real age somehow, and then it's exclusive for kids only
You live in a reality where these checks are not foolproof, so you've just created a banquet for predators.
> I think the only solution is to ban kids from using social media [...]
Your child is / will be better at using the tech than you, so you have to assume you are doing this against a threat actor more competent than you, with most likely more time to spend circumventing it.
> You would need to have some kind of social media app that checks your real age somehow, and then it's exclusive for kids only
You live in a reality where these checks are not foolproof, so you've just created a banquet for predators.
> I think the only solution is to ban kids from using social media [...]
Which doesn't work