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Meta documents show 100,000 children sexually harassed daily on its platforms
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2024
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Why the fuck are kids on Meta services?
Instagram is still decently big among GenZ for still-photo content.
We mostly use it for stories, memes (including reels) and DMs
Source: I'm 13
And already part of the fediverse? Great!
Yup.
I post a bit too much on my plasmatrap account lol (@graphite@plasmatrap.com)
Gen z are mostly not children anymore. It's Gen Alpha
No, Gen z covers people as young as 11 or 12, which is a good guess for "kids on Instagram"
Because Meta/Tiktok/others don't effectively block them from their services, despite the illegality and knowing who is young and who isn't, due to the insane amount of data they collect.
A Facebook exec a while ago literally said that kids are the best demographic to get hooked on your platform.