Age that kids acquire mobile phones not linked to well-being: study

Re:Age that kids acquire mobile phones not linked to well-be... by frognumber on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @09:59PM (#33811770)

I do fundamentally agree with the logic -- we should be looking at harm. If I had send nude picks as a kid, and nothing came of it, it's probably not an issue. However:

- With growing compromises, anything sent on the internet today is likely to be found and linked back someday.

- We have no idea what risks will happen in 20 years.

- Even today, it can lead to stalky / groomy / etc. things

Those sorts of rare events won't be captured well in metrics. Usually, it's not that 100% of people are harmed, but that 1% suffers extreme harm.

So as much as I agree with the logic, I disagree with the conclusion.

(you're the other way around: your conclusion is right, but your logic is missing, and replaced by outrage)

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Re:Age that kids acquire mobile phones not linked to well-be... by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @10:14PM (#33811875)

while I understand your point, I have to believe that anyone hosting and showing naked underage pictures is very quickly going to decide not to so that particular threat really holds little water.

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