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Health Secretary Hits Out at Facebook's New App, Says 'Stay Away From My Kids' (theguardian.com)
Jeremy Hunt has publicly attacked Facebook for releasing a version of its Messenger app aimed at children, and called on the social media company to "stay away from my kids." From a report: The health secretary accused the company of "targeting younger children" after Facebook announced on Monday that it was conducting trials of an app called Messenger Kids in the US, which is designed to be used by pre-teens. He said the company was failing to act responsibly despite having assured the government that it would not target its service at children, who can only use the main social media website if they are over 13.
There is no "health secretary" in the US. The summary is very confusing.
No, linking to a wikipedia article does not suffice. Maybe writing a few more words in TFS would help clear up this confusion?
Now, YOU - yes YOU - before you write in outrage about how I'm all up my own ass thinking "Everything is about the US", please consider that the only country mentioned in TFS is the US. And then consider that msmash has repeatedly not explained British-centric terms, phrases, politics, and other things in summaries. The editing here is The Pants. (Did I do that right?)
its about FB creating a social media outlet were pedophiles can one-stop-shop building up trust to some unsuspecting victims. This whole sexual harassment/assault/misconduct cleansing is probably just getting started. I have no doubt that there are more than a handful of executives at FB that have probably used coercion, and other tactics, to exercise power over someone, either by making them sexually uncomfortable, to groping, to flashing, and perhaps full-out assault.
My thirteen year old is just now going to be getting a cell phone, even though according to her all of her friends have had one for years.
I told her no when she asked over and over again, even with tears. I explained that it was for her good, and that I was not going to throw money around on something like that before she shows the responsibility to handle it properly and follow all the rules. Guess what. It worked. She has shown much greater responsibility, less back talk, and less disrespect to us, her brother, and her friends.
You should try parenting for once, its very satisfying. You are a better parent by telling your kids no sometimes, otherwise you dump your entitled brats into the world unable and unprepared to cope with the reality that its not all going to be handed to them.
When we have kids
Translation: I have no fucking idea about how kids actually behave nowadays.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it