Prime minister wants young people to be shielded from ‘power of the algorithm’

Prime minister wants young people to be shielded from ‘power of the algorithm’

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I have no problem giving everyone access to means of socializing online. We have or have had BBS, Usenet, IRC and many more ways to do this. The problem with “social media”, IMHO, are the algorithms and addictive design concepts as well as the fact that these platforms are designed to extract as much information from the user as possible. The information provided is not the product, the user is.

    • Ogmios@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      2 months ago

      Well I have an absolutely massive fucking problem with giving the KGB, MS13 and ISIS access to my children online. Socializing online is a pitiful ghost of actually socializing with real people in the real world anyways.

      • Possibly linuxEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        I’m pretty sure the KGB are not the ones you should be concerned about.

      • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
        21·
        2 months ago

        …KGB, MS13 and ISIS…

        If you are worried about the KGB, then your kids are pushing middle age. The problem is not the defunct agency, the random thugs or the illiterate terrorists. The true scary is the systemic syphoning of every detail about you by giant corporations which is then sold off, legally, in the open market. If you don’t want children exposed to Internet, don’t get them a smart phone or a computer. Sadly, not knowing how to navigate apps or websites would likely hinder their ability to function in today’s and probably tomorrow’s society.

        • Ogmios@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          11·
          2 months ago

          Care to use words to express why you think having a problem with that is laughable? Just guessing, but if you think pretending they disbanded means they don’t actually exist anymore, you ought to know that a KGB agent is literally running their country now.

            • Ogmios@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              11·
              2 months ago

              You can care about both issues fyi. Frankly pretending those things aren’t a serious threat makes me wonder about who you are. You can’t even discuss those other problems online as things are, without such bad faith actors injecting themselves into the conversation and muddying the waters.

              • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
                2·
                2 months ago

                How in the world is the KGB, an institution disbanded before HTML was created, a problem for anyone on the Internet? MS13 and ISIS are fringe examples used as boogiemen to obfuscate and distract. Anyway, the point of the laughter was the use of KGB. Is the Stasi tapping iPhones?