#017 The Corrosive Nature Of Social Media Without Godly Boundaries And Discernment -Further. Every. Day.

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Are we making good decisions with Social Media Are we potentially doing more harm than good Join us as we discuss this as our culture strays Further Every Day As promised here are the notes and stories discussed in the podcast Due to filters Photoshop and man s propensity to compare oneself to others ldquo Thirty-two percent of teen girls said that when they felt bad about their bodies Instagram made them feel worse rdquo the researchers reportedly wrote Facebook also reportedly found that 14 of boys in the U S said Instagram made them feel worse about themselves rdquo https www cnbc com 2021 09 14 facebook-documents-show-how-toxic-instagram-is-for-teens-wsj html Social Media has many negative effects on youth including academics ldquo There was a negative and significant relationship between the overall use of social networks and academic performance of students Therefore it is imperative that the university authorities take interventional steps to help students who are dependent on these networks and through workshops inform them about the negative consequences of addiction to social networks rdquo https www ncbi nlm nih gov pmc articles PMC6500070 But it gets worse An NCIB study shows a close link to exposure to sexual content and drug use The current and extant findings suggest that a common network exists for sexual-cue reactivity and drug-cue reactivity in groups with CSB and drug addictions respectively These findings suggest overlaps in networks underlying disorders of pathological consumption of drugs and natural rewards While this study may suggest overlaps with substance-use disorders further clinical studies are required to determine whether CSB should be categorized as an impulse-control disorder within an obsessive-compulsive spectrum or as a behavioural addiction rdquo https journals plos org plosone article id 10 1371 journal pone 0102419 Add to this we are having privacy data breaches from these companies to unscrupulous nations like China Personalized data can be used to target vulerable youth and this data is being treated very loosely by these companies https techcrunch com 2021 09 15 ireland-probes-tiktoks-handling-of-kids-data-and-transfers-to-china Another common complaint is that these companies push sexualized content onto minors after an interest is shown by browsing history Now of course the algorithm is driven by engagement That is what it was designed to do But is pornography or sexually explicit material truly fit for the public view What invariably happens Innocents with no idea of what they are getting into fall prey to not just porn addiction but often enough trafficing as well ldquo The content shown on the for you page is set based on previous searches as well as the content types most often viewed or that a user spends most time watching The more the user lingered on sexual content the more sexual content was shown in the for you page – despite the users age being set in their profile TikTok said they don t currently differentiate between videos served to adult and children accounts but were working on a new filter tool for younger accounts rdquo https www dailymail co uk sciencetech article-9970435 TikToks-algorithm-promoting-sexual-content-children-young-13 html ldquo While we have commended TikTok for making significant safety improvements over the last year it is clear that TikTok needs to do much more to protect minors from exposure to sexual content and pornographic websites We have been pressing on TikTok to proactively moderate content because even our own research confirms what the Wall Street Journal found under an account we created as a 13-year-old we were easily able to find videos promoting OnlyFans as well as other pornography and prostitution sites despite the fact that this type of material is against TikTok s Community Guidelines rdquo said Lina Nealon director of corporate and strategic initiatives for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation rdquo The thing some people don t understand is this is how grooming often starts Through exposure to this content and the content s creators on social media https endsexualexploitation org articles tiktok-exposes-kids-to-sexual-content Now some may just say ldquo Well only fans are just consenting adults exchanging money for art hellip Well according to this article ldquo Just two weeks ago 101 Members of Congress sent a letter to US Department of Justice demanding an investigation into OnlyFans for reports of child sex abuse material and sex trafficking Journalists shared insider information that the FBI opened a ldquo sprawling rdquo investigation into the financial activity and wide array of potential crimes of the multi-billion dollar company and its owners rdquo https endsexualexploitation org articles onlyfans-criminal-behavior These are not individuals these are multi-billion dollar companies pimping children Click here to visit this podcast episode