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"We've pointed out for a while now that every generation seems to have
some sort of moral panic over whatever is popular among kids. You're
probably aware of more recent examples, from rock music to comic books
to Dungeons and Dragons to pinball machines (really). Of course, in
previous generations there were other things, like chess and the waltz.
Given all that, for years we've urged people not to immediately jump on
the bandwagon of assuming new technology must also be bad for kids. And,
yet, so many people insist they are. Senator Josh Hawley has practically
trademarked his claim that social media is bad for kids. Senator Lindsey
Graham held a full hearing all of which was evidence free, moral
panicking about social media and the children — and because of that
he's preparing a new law to completely upend Section 230 in the name of
"protecting the children" from social media.
Not that it's likely to stop grandstanding politicians, but over in
academia, where they actually study these things, there's a growing
consensus that social media and smart phones aren't actually bad for
kids. While some academics made claims about potential harm a decade or
so ago, none of their predictions have proven accurate, and even some of
those academics have revised their earlier research, and in one case
even admitting that they caused an unnecessary panic"
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
