Julia Melamed Dangerous content and rich children On how not to whip children, but to control them

They asked me to write the results of the year.

From achievements: the other day, social networks gave me the “best fan” badge of the Laura Beloivan page. They asked to hold the banner tightly, not to drop it, they say, new results are summarized every week and one can easily lose status.

So I won’t talk about anything else.

I will not summarize the results of the year, as there is no two-paragraph column, I will write more about the news. New amendments to the law “On Knowledge” will be made in Russia. It sounds good and promises a lot. And especially young people will run to freedom.

In this sense, I very much understand the State Duma deputies who want to prohibit the anonymous presence of minors in networks. Only with passport, only passport – from 14 years old. Those who do not have a passport – we will supervise the parent. All this is not to check for unfaithful content, don’t think – it’s just to protect young people from themselves and mainly from cyberbullying.

I understand very well. Just today, the young people I taught for the first time took their phones away. And for the first time, I threw the students I taught on the phone into the corridor.

A teenager and a student (a former youth) are a very special, poor, powerless creature who are everywhere to be stripped of their rights. He’s been whipped before. They don’t whip now. eh…

Cyberbullying is a smart and trendy word. I have something to say about this. That is, the film “Scarecrow” cannot be made according to the available material. But the word is popular, yes. As both roots are popular, this word is also components.

A small resource that I use a lot came down here the other day. I called support, the operator girl admits, they say yes it doesn’t work. And he says several times especially loudly and clearly: “Cyber ​​attacks are coming upon us.” She’s not even that, but it says in capital letters: CYBER attacks. Just like a jewel, it conveys carefully and communicates closely. Apparently it took him a long time to learn. And I learned.

So CYBERbullying is not a less fashionable word.

“What experts consider to be one of the main reasons for the spread of cyberbullying was anonymity on social networks.” It was the State Duma that ordered a “large-scale” study of adolescents’ online behavior. “Cyberbullying is on the rise,” experts said. And they made recommendations on tightening laws on children’s access to the Internet. It is recommended that the term “cyberbullying” be included in the statutes of all educational institutions. Last year (year’s results), Roskomnadzor closed 500,000 groups on social networks with “dangerous content”.

I teach children from wealthy families. No, I knew we didn’t have the budget department on our side. And the Children’s School at the university is often expensive. But when they started bringing in their work and got something from one of their sloths, they took pictures of their palaces, just like in the famous journalistic investigations.

I can’t quite express how I feel about these spoiled kids of wealthy parents who don’t do anything, don’t take their eyes off the phone and also just know how to talk about their depression.

Yes, they are all depressed.

Being proud of depression is very fashionable now. Now, it seems, is the time for a new romance, a new sensuality. When emotions are in fashion. And the public manifestation of these feelings. It’s open to the public, until the very last moment. And these feelings are painful.

When they do their projects, there are only two issues: border and depression. I really don’t believe in a complete depression and rampant bullying that they want to be protected from and that they complain about so coquettishly. And bullying is so much fun.

I consider many children so unusual that for such an oddity in our time – in a good Soviet school and central metropolitan university – they would mercilessly kick their feet. But these are nothing. There are so many strange people going around: one stutters, one is a fat man, one has been diagnosed, one is gender fluid, so the so-called wrong gender, as anyone can see, and nothing – everyone calls the girl “he” , and the boy “she” (“because he asks, it means it’s important to him”). You sit calm, confident, serene, ready to nibble for any reason, for yourself, and surprised as if you were watching another South Park episode. I doubt that they could somehow be confused, hurt, offended, slapped, forced to look back.

Well, that’s a lot of news, of course. Attempts to control something through licensing procedures are regularly on the agenda.

I am very sympathetic to MPs’ desire to take control of any communication. But it will be an endless comedy “cops and thieves”. Some are under control, others are out of control. Various types of anonymizers will appear.

So always with any control. You have control of the gun sale – no need to worry: an obvious crime will hold the gun. And those who are least prone to violations will suffer.

Sometimes I ask my grandfather where he got this crazy information. A source? Grandpa always replies with resentment: “They wrote it on the Internet.” In no way can I convey that the Internet is not a resource. Internet is everything.

What is the network and “teen behavior online”? The network is the definition of today’s political, social, public life in general and freedom of expression in principle. The desire to “restrict online freedom” is actually a perfectly understandable desire to control unfaithful content. And child porn sites will unfortunately remain. What will they do?

Here is an abyss of pleasure for people in this social network, the mention of which is strictly prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation. You should write something like this.

“You are known as one of the best fans. The “Best Fan” badge sets you apart from other users. Top Fan status is updated every week. Be as active as possible to maintain status.”

Cunning demons, we know your witchy charms, how to lure you into the social network and leave forever. It just feels like a parody. And it activates a working mechanism. The brain doesn’t care if its achievements are real or virtual. Or nonsense.

I have to say that the comments of the person I am unwittingly a biggest fan of are limited, and despite my situation, I cannot comment on his posts.

Oh, and it’s complicated – the situation.

The author expresses his personal opinion, which may not coincide with the editors’ position.