platform for children --- The major corporations have simply thrown away their responsibilities to parents and hide behind the fact that they cannot know which users are children or adult behind a screen. Why not develop an Instagram or Flickr or rBay etc for kids? or place alerts indicating such sites are not for children ages x to y? at least this would show some level of concern? Recent disclosures have shown that Facebook was aware that Instagram had a negative effect on children or that persons were more likely to visit a site espousing violence and hate; therefore if the willingness and commitment is there to protect children online, Big Tech can devise ways to assist but their focus is profits not people. They have the knowledge and technology to avert the present situation but it would be counter-productive to their bottom-line - money.

Source author: Bennette Thomas thomasb@dominica.gov.dm