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Peter Krupa | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 seems like one solution to this is "don't let your kids use Instagram because Meta platforms are **loaded** with scammers and they do nothing about it until it's too late" https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/10/02/teen-boys-sextortion/
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Peter Krupa | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 go on Facebook Marketplace and you can buy literally anything if you know where to look. stolen goods, counterfeits, etc. Meta doesn't care. same with sexploitation and scams on Instagram. **really** stopping crime and fraud on their platforms would mean crippling certain functionality, and earning a profit is more important to Meta than the health and safety of their users.
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d67b63eb | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @dee34601 "oh no, I gave my child unfettered access to communicate with words, images, and videos and send money with anyone in the world who may or may not be who they say they are, and then something bad happened"

I mean, isn't there an analog equivalent of this? Like, there are some places you would never in a million years let your kids hang out alone because *for sure* something bad would happen given enough time spent there?