Meta – Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp
Snap
Tiktok
YouTube
X
Roblox
Pinterest
Discord
Lego Play
Reddit
Kick
GitHub
HubApp
Match
Steam
Twitch
Sketchy ID verification aside, I agree with everything except for GitHub and YouTube.
YouTube is such a resource for DIY and learning, you just can’t ban kids from it, even if parts of it are sketchy. A restricted mode for kids would be better.
GitHub is also a huge database of knowledge, important for being techy and computer literate, and doesn’t really even have much on the way of social features. Banning this would be asinine.
I was initially against Steam, but then I realized that parents could still buy their kids games, and it’s probably better to force parents to take responsibility for that anyways.
The pieces of software the article mentions are:
Sketchy ID verification aside, I agree with everything except for GitHub and YouTube.
YouTube is such a resource for DIY and learning, you just can’t ban kids from it, even if parts of it are sketchy. A restricted mode for kids would be better.
GitHub is also a huge database of knowledge, important for being techy and computer literate, and doesn’t really even have much on the way of social features. Banning this would be asinine.
I was initially against Steam, but then I realized that parents could still buy their kids games, and it’s probably better to force parents to take responsibility for that anyways.