This is a terrible response. Social media connects people. That can be exploited and is, so needs to be reformed. But that connection is a lifeline for marginalized and smaller communities. Social media makes it possible for disabled people like me to connect, to organize and advocate in ways that wouldn’t be possible otherwise. It makes it possible to advance understanding of issues that traditional media undervalued. Consider how much public understanding of police abuse of minority communities has changed since we could see the videos and hear different narratives directly. Or how much understanding of LGBTQ communities has changed. Social media is wonderful. We just need to figure out how to reform it and make those reforms durable.
Exactly! It’s Isolation of children to cover up abuse. It’s not a coincidence that they’re banning them from having access to recording devices and communication outside.of control at the same time the supreme court is.ruling that kids.ha e to.have their genitals inspected before they play sports and that gay conversion therapy (which is sexual abuse of g LGBT kids by their parents and religion to try and turn them straight ) is a 1st amendment right
This is a terrible response. Social media connects people. That can be exploited and is, so needs to be reformed. But that connection is a lifeline for marginalized and smaller communities. Social media makes it possible for disabled people like me to connect, to organize and advocate in ways that wouldn’t be possible otherwise. It makes it possible to advance understanding of issues that traditional media undervalued. Consider how much public understanding of police abuse of minority communities has changed since we could see the videos and hear different narratives directly. Or how much understanding of LGBTQ communities has changed. Social media is wonderful. We just need to figure out how to reform it and make those reforms durable.
Exactly! It’s Isolation of children to cover up abuse. It’s not a coincidence that they’re banning them from having access to recording devices and communication outside.of control at the same time the supreme court is.ruling that kids.ha e to.have their genitals inspected before they play sports and that gay conversion therapy (which is sexual abuse of g LGBT kids by their parents and religion to try and turn them straight ) is a 1st amendment right