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[-] Countless@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 year ago

The question is,will you be able to restrict YOUR kids?

[-] kionite231@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Probably not younger generations are usually smarter than the older one.

[-] Misconduct@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

I dunno... A lot of the newer gens didn't have to tinker with everything to get it to work so they're less familiar with the ins and outs of stuff. Not to say they all are because it's silly to generalize that many people but many of them grew up with this stuff. Just like how I couldn't tell you how a TV works or fix one but I've built all my own pcs. That happened naturally because I had to learn it early on to have a computer. That being said they definitely seem to be developing a unique skill set for navigating the internet and social media as a whole. I've noticed they're a lot less likely to trust a generic Google search or various articles online. I guess when you're raised around bullshit you're gonna end up more critical of it. This is mostly about gen z of course and maybe younger millennials. Gen alpha is feral and weird we should all be worried lmao

[-] Woland@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

If they were really applying critical thinking to bullshit, mainstream media wouldn't be forced to literally put together entire departments dedicated to fighting fake news.

[-] Rac3r4Life@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think you misunderstand the reason they need to fight fake news. It's for the boomers. Kids these days are very media literate and skeptical of everything. It's really all the boomers who are falling for misinformation and spreading it on Facebook.

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