That's alarming. Things are way worse than when I grew up using the internet in the late 90s and early aughts. The worst things I can remember were getting GNAA

That's alarming. Things are way worse than when I grew up using the internet in the late 90s and early aughts. The worst things I can remember were getting GNAA spam on my Xanga blog at 12 years old and later on the usual Omegle and Chat Roulette exhibitionism; gross, offensive, but easy enough to dismiss and move on. I can recall being solicited for nudes by a much older man at age 16 over IRC but I was old enough to know to just block the creep and move on. Clearly social media has magnified the issue to far more dangerous levels and lets predators find the easiest targets. When I was young, I was cautioned against giving away personal information like my age or any personal photos. What happened to that mindset? Obviously, nobody should let their 11 year old child make an instagram account. It isn't even permitted by the terms of service. I grew up using internet with zero parental supervision, but there's no way I could do the same with my kids until they're at least 16 and capable of recognizing danger. Hell, you can get into plenty of trouble on the internet at age 16 too. Social media has made the internet a worse place.