Comment on Online child safety campaigners call for US inquiry into Roblox
Katana314@lemmy.world 6 days ago
After a year of evil legislation driven by “protect the children”, I will admit: Yes, this is probably a decent action to protect the children.
That said, in some ways feels like any online center that attracts children can garner these problems. I’m a little curious; for any parents in the discussion, where should kids spend time online? Especially if they want to have communication with the kids they know, on days when they can’t visit in person.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Group chats and direct messages?
Katana314@lemmy.world 6 days ago
If you’ve ever been to a family party, there’s often a kids’ area, but they’re not just “chatting” about recent news, or new jobs, or medical problems. That’s pretty boring for a kid, and they don’t have the life experience to drive a conversation. Sharing memes is something, but it doesn’t prompt a lot of back and forth to learn about anyone.They’re usually playing, having some structured activity to generate their excitement and drama from.
It makes sense for kids to group up around a social game online. The problem is, what such space can exist that isn’t going to be relentlessly targeted by pedophiles.