>Ofcom surveyed more than 13,000 UK people…
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>Although seven in 10 adults (69 per cent) said they were confident in identifying misinformation, one in five (22 per cent) were able to correctly identify the tell-tale signs of a genuine post, without making mistakes.
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The pattern was even more striking among older children aged 12-17, with 74 per cent claiming they were confident but only 11 percent able to decipher fact from fiction.
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>Overall, the study found that 30 per cent of UK adults who go online (14.5 million) are unsure about, or don’t even consider, the truthfulness of the information they see online.
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>A further 6 per cent, or about one in every 20 internet users, believe everything they see online.
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>(https://archive.ph/jNUNx)
Stop the planet. I want to get off.
What the fuck is wrong with people!?
I was on the Bus home from work and noticed a parent had given their child their phone to scroll through the APP.
Cheap entertainment I suppose but do wonder the effects of it on their child’s behaviour and mental state. It’s addictive as anything.
I typically avoid TikTok, I don’t like the format. A YouTuber pilot I like posted some TikTok debunking and it was just weirdo teens SCREAMING at the camera. If aviation safety can have this, imagine what sort of crackpot shit is out there. Yes, the internet has always been like this, but TikTok gives it in a much greater volume, at greater pace, with less oversight and critique.
This is just part of the “Shut up and look and this tablet/phone that makes noises and distracting visuals” lack of parenting that is common, bonus points for on a bus with no earphones.
I walked past a young family this morning – a young couple in their thirties and a kid of about 10yrs old. All three were walking down the street staring at their phones. What a lovely day out!
You pick and choose what your kids use, terrible parenting.
In an ideal world phones would be used as a companion to the real world/life/activities. I think the state of the economy, low productivity, long hours are prohibiting people from making good decisions once they’re home. This is somewhat speculative but the first point stands.
These kind of studies need to be taken with a grain of salt.
It’s a fascinating app. In Western countries all it shows is the idiocy and degeneracy of the worst types of people, whereas in China it shows highly successful young people achieving impressive things like engineering or sports. Algorithms doing exactly what they’re designed to do, dumb down western children.
I let my toddler play dedicated kids games and watch YouTube kids in small (well most of the time) doses, but would I fucking ever give her access to an unfiltered social media platform?
What is wrong with people
Back when I was training to be a teacher, we had some people come in to talk about social media and the internet with each year group. I was in Year 3 at the time and almost all the children admitted to using social media in some form. Many said their parents set them up with ‘a child account’, even though such things do not exist. With seven and eight year olds already using it, it is no surprise that toddlers are on it too. It’s awful when you consider how adults know the effect social media can have on adults, let alone children, yet act as if their child will be magically immune to them.
Why is the app not age restricted, Im nearly 40 and cant use a lot of apps cos I dont want to hand my shit over to google.
I’m addicted to reddit right now. Save them before it’s too late
Those shit parents that push their kid around with a phone or tablet glued to their faces I assume
Visited the zoo the other day, and a mother with her child that was sat in her stroller just glued to a smart phone. Tons of animals to explain about and let them see, but no let’s keep them watching stupid rubbish.
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It comes from an Ofcom report out yesterday:
>[One in three internet users fail to question misinformation](https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2022/one-in-three-internet-users-fail-to-question-misinformation)
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>More than a third of internet users are unaware that online content might be false or biased, according to new Ofcom research.
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More:
>Ofcom surveyed more than 13,000 UK people…
>
>Although seven in 10 adults (69 per cent) said they were confident in identifying misinformation, one in five (22 per cent) were able to correctly identify the tell-tale signs of a genuine post, without making mistakes.
>
The pattern was even more striking among older children aged 12-17, with 74 per cent claiming they were confident but only 11 percent able to decipher fact from fiction.
>
>Overall, the study found that 30 per cent of UK adults who go online (14.5 million) are unsure about, or don’t even consider, the truthfulness of the information they see online.
>
>A further 6 per cent, or about one in every 20 internet users, believe everything they see online.
>
>(https://archive.ph/jNUNx)
Stop the planet. I want to get off.
What the fuck is wrong with people!?
I was on the Bus home from work and noticed a parent had given their child their phone to scroll through the APP.
Cheap entertainment I suppose but do wonder the effects of it on their child’s behaviour and mental state. It’s addictive as anything.
I typically avoid TikTok, I don’t like the format. A YouTuber pilot I like posted some TikTok debunking and it was just weirdo teens SCREAMING at the camera. If aviation safety can have this, imagine what sort of crackpot shit is out there. Yes, the internet has always been like this, but TikTok gives it in a much greater volume, at greater pace, with less oversight and critique.
This is just part of the “Shut up and look and this tablet/phone that makes noises and distracting visuals” lack of parenting that is common, bonus points for on a bus with no earphones.
I walked past a young family this morning – a young couple in their thirties and a kid of about 10yrs old. All three were walking down the street staring at their phones. What a lovely day out!
You pick and choose what your kids use, terrible parenting.
In an ideal world phones would be used as a companion to the real world/life/activities. I think the state of the economy, low productivity, long hours are prohibiting people from making good decisions once they’re home. This is somewhat speculative but the first point stands.
These kind of studies need to be taken with a grain of salt.
The questionnaires have been answered online, so there is a bias towards parents who are more comfortable with digital media and the actual number of parents who actually said their toddler watched videos on TikTok is 57 (page 47: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/232680/childrens-media-literacy-survey-2021-online-behaviours-and-attitudes-wave-1-data-tables.pdf ).
It’s a fascinating app. In Western countries all it shows is the idiocy and degeneracy of the worst types of people, whereas in China it shows highly successful young people achieving impressive things like engineering or sports. Algorithms doing exactly what they’re designed to do, dumb down western children.
I let my toddler play dedicated kids games and watch YouTube kids in small (well most of the time) doses, but would I fucking ever give her access to an unfiltered social media platform?
What is wrong with people
Back when I was training to be a teacher, we had some people come in to talk about social media and the internet with each year group. I was in Year 3 at the time and almost all the children admitted to using social media in some form. Many said their parents set them up with ‘a child account’, even though such things do not exist. With seven and eight year olds already using it, it is no surprise that toddlers are on it too. It’s awful when you consider how adults know the effect social media can have on adults, let alone children, yet act as if their child will be magically immune to them.
Why is the app not age restricted, Im nearly 40 and cant use a lot of apps cos I dont want to hand my shit over to google.
I’m addicted to reddit right now. Save them before it’s too late
Those shit parents that push their kid around with a phone or tablet glued to their faces I assume
Visited the zoo the other day, and a mother with her child that was sat in her stroller just glued to a smart phone. Tons of animals to explain about and let them see, but no let’s keep them watching stupid rubbish.