Thanks for your reaction. You've mentioned some points I didn't even address in my blog.
I remember once my underage sister was being harassed by a man on Instagram. We immediately took her phone away. I know my sister wasn’t at fault at all, but it was a way to protect her from the world.
It's not the first time I hear about 'grown' men that reach out to teenagers online. We have talked about this with our kids too. Told them people can pretend to be someone they are not. We told our kids that they could only accept friend requests from people they know in real life and that they can never use their real name online as well as share their address or whereabouts.
The harmful content is also worrying indeed. Although some platforms have moderators, you can't do anything when bad things happen during live streams.
And what to think about the AI generated content? If we already find it difficult to detect if things are fake, how can we expect kids to do it?
No, it's not getting easier to raise a kid or to grow up in times like this.
I may sound a bit negative, but I think proper education and regulation could help to change things for the better.