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		squigz 16 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social... One of the good things about the Internet is that you can leave such sites and find people who don't do that. Most kids don't really have such a choice when it comes to school or their family.

chalupa-supreme 16 days ago [–]

Online abuse works the exact same way. Most kids don’t choose to be abused online either.

squigz 16 days ago | [–]

Yes. What I'm saying is that people can choose to leave online spaces that are abusive, as opposed to abuse at school or home, which are much harder (usually impossible) for children to escape.

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