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by lrvick 1405 days ago
I would argue TikTok is proving far more toxic to children than access to adult content and no one seems to care.

-Targeting- children with content for profit should be banned, regardless of content. If the content is neutral and presented to all the same way then they get to choose to put in the work to find what they want to consume. When it is not neutral then it is the job of a parent to help tip the scales back to neutral with conversation or partially supervised device use.

Nudity for instance is only taboo in some countries, where others are whatever about it and will see women topless at the beach. Trying to censor things or target things is what does the most harm and creates closeted behavior IMO.

News flash to parents... when your kid is old enough to be horny they -will- find an outlet to see nudity be it in person or on a screen. On a screen is probably the safer default.