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What an incredible and noble project this is! I'd like to learn how these tools will be prevented from becoming a tool of sexual predators (since they are all interconnected and owned by children) or appropriated and exploited by adults for their own gain. I wish such questions didn't need to be asked, but t's a corrupt world out there. |
What an incredible and noble project this is! I'd like to learn how these tools will be prevented from becoming a tool of sexual predators (since they are all interconnected and owned by children) or appropriated and exploited by adults for their own gain. I wish such questions didn't need to be asked, but t's a corrupt world out there. |
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A response: The world is indeed a dangerous place for children, but "sexual predators" are the least of it. Much more damage is done to children by the commercial predators who convince children to eat junk food, convince their parents to give them dangerous drugs, create an excessive focus on materialism, and fill parents and children full of fears that prevent them from integrating themselves as equals in the human family. A tool which helps connect children with each other is an excellent defense against all these predators. |
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What an incredible and noble project this is! I'd like to learn how these tools will be prevented from becoming a tool of sexual predators (since they are all interconnected and owned by children) or appropriated and exploited by adults for their own gain. I wish such questions didn't need to be asked, but t's a corrupt world out there. A response: The world is indeed a dangerous place for children, but "sexual predators" are the least of it. Much more damage is done to children by the commercial predators who convince children to eat junk food, convince their parents to give them dangerous drugs, create an excessive focus on materialism, and fill parents and children full of fears that prevent them from integrating themselves as equals in the human family. A tool which helps connect children with each other is an excellent defense against all these predators.