Why it’s time to worry about old people on the internet – not just the young
The IndependentThey come almost daily, seeking guidance and help. Last year, research commissioned by the UK Safer Internet Centre for its Safer Internet Day campaign showed that 57 per cent of young people feel that they face help to educate their parents and carers about being safe online. open image in gallery Joe Rogan celebrated Donald Trump’s win after endorsing the former president Many pointed to the kind of seductive, sinister content that supposedly awaits those young people when they get online. Targets range from the truly malevolent to the largely misunderstood ; the more compassionate argued that there needs to be a similar kind of movement focused on spreading progressive ideas, while others suggested that the election result was simple a case of young people having been poisoned on the internet. We would do better to treat young people with the same kind of nuanced and sensitive concern that we offer to older generations: compassion, not censure – and a commitment to build a better internet, rather than take away access from the one that exists.
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