Being informed of what? Whatever their dad tells them? Although the pitfalls of social media are many, the answer lies with regulation and moderation, not banning a significant portion of the population from them. The diversity of perspective and opinion is what allows people to gain the exposure needed to develop informed opinions. What blows my mind is that governments have the world's biggest media market makers by the throat and they refuse to force regulation. If they removed AI, made the algos public/modifiable, and actually moderated content for age restricted stuff this wouldn't be an issue.
Before COVID, the median US High school grad could not pass a middle school reading or math exam by merit. The trend has worsened so that today's median grad cannot demonstrate knowledge they were presented after elementary school. By the numbers, scrolling is inhibiting education on a societal scale.
The GP implied that nefarious forces might be working to remove social media from youths in order to control them better. My argument is that social media has them pretty well under control.
I don't think this is what social media provides. With social media people are able to choose one perspective and seem to just immerse themselves in a bubble so that they only get exposed to the view of their choice.
alphawhisky|11 days ago
elevation|10 days ago
From being informed of literally anything.
Before COVID, the median US High school grad could not pass a middle school reading or math exam by merit. The trend has worsened so that today's median grad cannot demonstrate knowledge they were presented after elementary school. By the numbers, scrolling is inhibiting education on a societal scale.
The GP implied that nefarious forces might be working to remove social media from youths in order to control them better. My argument is that social media has them pretty well under control.
TFYS|11 days ago
I don't think this is what social media provides. With social media people are able to choose one perspective and seem to just immerse themselves in a bubble so that they only get exposed to the view of their choice.