“Negative Effects of Online Content”

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Molly Russell, a 14 year old schoolgirl from London, killed herself through self harm due to depression and what the coroner concluded to be “negative effects of online content”.

It was found she had been viewing thousands of disturbing images on various social media sites, including Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest. These distressing images, including photos and descriptions of suicides, only compounded her mental health to the point of committing suicide in 2017.

At the time both social media sites had little or no moderation with regards adult content, which may have explained how Molly was able to access such imagery.

Meta, the owners of Facebook and Instagram, admitted that a lot of images uploaded back then violated its own content policies and they have apologised to the Russell family.

Moderation on these sites has improved over the years, but no site is absolutely fool-proof and a lot of responsibility needs to be with the parents to make web browsing safe for their children.

Molly’s death is of course sad and very unfortunate given her known mental health problems, but the new buzz term “Negative Effects of Online Content” is going to an overused idiom for any future scenarios where people suffer similar bouts of depression through viewing disturbing content on the internet as a whole and not just social media sites.

There are measures in place with most web browsers where parents can moderate what their children are able to see. But it means having to access all of their children’s devices and put those options in place. However, kids will always find workarounds by going on Google or YouTube to find out how.

What is even more concerning is that this might promote even more censorship from the controllers of web browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge/Bing. We have already seen them take action against racist and homophobic comments and imagery; the next step will be micro-aggressions, and other “offensive” content that could be construed as “negative”

Both online websites and parents themselves need to be more responsible in order to protect what children can access. But this shouldn’t mean introducing a form of censorship that will affect the majority of people through no fault of their own.

However, as we have seen in other current affairs news, the minority always seem to be able to get what they want at the expense of the majority.

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106 thoughts on ““Negative Effects of Online Content””

    • Your phone would have appeared to have autocorrected ‘frightened’ from ‘hopeful’.

      • I’ll never forget the wailing of a mother who’s daughter took a massive overdose after she was groomed by a p**dophile on the internet, as I picked her up in my arms, GCS 3, which is never what you want a child to be, and carried her out to the truck to rush her in as HEMS would have taken too long. The police, who were initially called, found her and called us, well, one was in tears as he sat in the back with me whilst we worked on her and the other, older bloke who gave us a police escort was ‘Fucking angry’ to say the least. Pretty, thirteen yr old girl. We got her to hospital alive, and, as I’ve not been summonsed by the coroner, I presume she still is, but, I’ll admit, I had tears of anger at the cunt that did it and the internet for allowing it. Should be policed more ruthlessly, I reckon. The suicide note was fucking heartbreaking.

      • I agree. If your idea of free speech includes glamourising suicide it’s not worth having.
        The poor kid might have done it anyway, but without the acceptance that is easy to find online she might have clung to life long enough to get through the bad patch and see life is actually worth living.

  2. The internet should be an 18 years old and over environment. Maybe if you are 15-17 you can use it via supervision for higher education searching, job searching, etc, but not full access to the insanity that is the internet.

    The idea that 8-year-olds are just… wandering the digital landscape/labyrinth is just bad parenting. You wouldn’t let kid wander downtown where the porn shops, drug dens and hookers are, would you? But that’s what the internet is.

    My 7-year-old nephew does taekwondo lessons, swimming lessons, football training twice per week, goes to Boys Brigade. He also plays video games, but mostly, he is physically active 95% of the time. That’s the way it should be. Kids being online 6-9 hours per day is fucking insane, it’s parental neglect.

    There needs to be a massive overhaul of society – but don’t let vampiric cunts like Klaus Schwab and Yuval Noah Harari be the ones to usher that in, because they’ll turn our lives into a banal mind-prison with insects to eat.

      • We’ll have his black heart on a silver platter before he has us eating insects. Bring it on, “elites” bring it on…

    • Isn’t this site supposed to be for mental chatter? It’s not Question Time, certainly not the Oxford Union debates. Those who take this place seriously like Gutstick Japseye and to a lesser extent, Ruff Tuff, are just making hard work for themselves, as… who cares? We’ll never meet in person and once we’re dust, who will give a shit? The burblings on here will hardly be poured over by the great minds that come after us.

      It’s just a sounding-board for grumpy cunts.

      Praise Putin, Allah and Gary Lineker! Now and for all Eternity!

  4. It’s simple, content is either legal or not, all the talk of legal but harmful is a stepping stone to removing free speech.

    Any child (under 16) should not be allowed anywhere near an unregulated platform, parents really need to take responsibility for their children.

    Needless to say there will always be the possibility of some kid doing what Molly Russell did but it’s the same thing ‘on the street’, kids carrying knives, getting into gangs and it’s always the same ‘little Jonny was a model student, aspiring something or other’ when he (or she) gets stabbed or stabs someone.

    The internet is fine, say what you want within the LAW and don’t let things like the Russell case allow censorship, either that of just shut the whole shit show down (social media).

  5. I’m restricted to just this site as my missus worries about me being groomed or radicalised.

    Both has happened to me on ISAC ☹️

    • You were such a timid, shrinking violet when you first started posting on here, MNC.
      Probably as a result of having to make do with a pıkey wrought iron gate.

      • Before IsAC Miserable was a volunteer at a soup kitchen for the homeless and magician and ventriloquist for local care homes.

        You’ve changed maaaan.

      • I’ve still got my ventriloquist doll!
        Larry the tourettes skinhead.

        But he got me into a LOT of trouble.

        I had to apologise at the mosque and the afro Carribbean crèche.

      • ‘The Miserable Northern Cunt and Justin Trudeau Minstrel Show’ was always going to be a tough sell.

  6. They, whoever “they” are, can put man into space and put devices into motors to stop alkies driving and numerous other wonderful technical stuff, surely to fuck they can make phones with 100% unbreakable content locks to allow only adults/parents ( I know not all parents are adult) to control their childs access to the myriad cesspool of filth and utter fucking wickedness on interweb, finger print or DNA checks perhaps, I dont know fuck all bout tech but surely some fucker can knock something up in his shed to do it.
    uncontrolled access to anything is a recipe for agro.

  7. Off topic for one moment:
    Has Kwasimodo even had time to unpack his suitcase in No.11?!
    Byeeee!
    Truss to be ousted by Monday afternoon?

    • And replaced by Jeremy Cunt. That’s the reason he’s become Chancellor. The Cunts in grey suits are engineering this outcome as we speak.

    • She should be gone already.

      After all, considering the mini-budget she said:

      “The chancellor and I are in complete lockstep.”

      😂

  8. I dont believe people look at suicide sights unless they are that way inclined. Likewise child porn and whatever the fuck else is out there. I do think that there should be control of what perverse shite is on line but seeing the way things are I can envisage anything that doesnt meet Woke’s agenda being included.

  9. There have been moral panics about new forms of media for at least 150 years……..
    Mass circulation newspapers
    Cinema
    Radio
    Tv…….and now the internet. All of these things have been portrayed as driving society to hell in a handcart and need to be controlled. It’s all bollocks….. nothing on the. Internet is going to make me top myself or turn me into a Jihadi terrorist. Watching porn isn’t going to turn me into a rapist or sex offender.( my knees just ain’t up to it) Yes children are easily influenced but, as others have said, how about some parental responsibility? Censorship is the thin edge of the wedge once the wokies get hold of it.

    • It’s the sheer barrage of information and the fact that the internet it interactive that makes it dangerous. Even on here people have gotten wound up to the point of having to find a safe space for a bit! It’s just a forum for taking the piss, having a laugh, it’s not meant to be a debate club for one-upmanship, “my link is better than your link” wankery.

      I’d like the internet to evolve into a more anarchic but also safer place, where it was very, very difficult to be a predator or just plain Debbie downer, or “Karen” as they now call such killjoys.

      Bring back FUN, I say!

  10. The only people i’ve known to watch beheadings, PETA videos of animal cruelty etc and share them on social media were already depressed and had trouble leaving the house.

    They’d also spend all day arguing with strangers on Fuckbook and Twitter.

    The internet doesn’t cause depression, but it does pander to the maladapted mind.

    • Up until about 2014, the internet was a fun, goofy, weird, sometimes creepy but not in the damaging way, sometimes exalting – like finding amazing spiritually uplifting revelations, but generally the internet was not weighty and super-serious and filled with killjoy cretins who report you not just to admin but to the fucking police, FBI? It was the iPhone that ushered in 1 billion nannies to break up the party and try to re-purpose the net into a cyber safe-space for weaklings.

      By 2030, the internet might well something totally unlike what it now is. All the “unacceptable” like hurtful comedy, conspiracy “disinformation”, porn, black people brawling in McDonalds videos will be gone, driven underground to the dark web. See you there, folks!

      • A friend of mine did warn me that we’ll end up like Iran or China in a few years because of the statutes on communication being pushed through under Mrs May as home sec.

        I didn’t believe him, but here we are.

  11. I’m in agreement that censorship is a cunt.

    Any excuse for meddling by the Nanny State is also a cunt.

    I also heartily agree parental responsibility seems to have fallen by the wayside and become a cunt.

    But the biggest cunt of all are the giants of social media..very clever at harvesting data and targeting adverts but dreadful at preventing all manner of poisonous shite pervading their platforms whilst also censoring debate, free speech and championing a disgusting left wing woke narrative.

    But it makes them rich,vastly rich and powerful so they must be right.

    The dirty fucking vermin.

  12. Lot of kids depressed nowadays aren’t they?

    I’ve always been a carefree happy go lucky type even as a youth.

    Cheer up you moody little bastard’s!!

    Get a bottle of cider down your Gregory,
    Finger each other and listen to some proper music.

    Here you go
    https://youtu.be/pfiH1HmWcm4

    • Young ‘uns of today must love Morrissey! He’s a moody chansonnier, sexually ambiguous, a vegetarian and a… err… MASSIVE MASSIVE RACIST.

      He proper hates those of the ebony persuasion. His fans say otherwise, but they are being as cognitively dissonant as Barry Manilow’s fans.

  13. Natural death is miserable enough. So can’t wait to give a good cunting to the next nominees, besides laughing at your thoughts.

  15. I came off facefuck after the referendum. It was going to cost a fortune on PI’s hunting down the cunts who were pissing me off. Parents beware, TAKE THE PHONE OFF YOUR FUCKING KIDS!

    • Strangely it was Trump for me. Lots of English people without a job suddenly became experts in American politics and global economics overnight.
      With Brexit i bulldozed over the cunts with facts and sociopathic abuse.

  16. There have always been kids with undiagnosed mental problems.

    Some end up topping themselves.

    Whenever it happens people look for reasons.
    The Internet is an easy scapegoat.

    Before the Internet people would have cited comic books or song lyrics.

    I suppose that with access to plenty of information about suicide an affected person would probably have a better chance of success.
    Perhaps that is better than fucking up a suicide attempt and ending up permanently disabled.

  17. There’s one media outlet that desperately needs censorship and control………the Anti British Broadcasting Corporation. In fact, don’t bother, just close the bastards down.

  19. A piece of advice for anyone considering which method of suicide is best.
    Don’t try crucifixion.
    There’s just no way you can get that last nail in.
    Get To Fuck.

  21. Anyone considering suicide should seriously pull out all the stops to acquire magic mushrooms. There’s tons of studies that prove they remove any level of depression with almost 100% success, they help with PTSD, cluster headaches, migraines and there’s emerging studies to show they delay Alzheimers and Parkinsons.
    The psilocin (active compound) reorganises seratonin flow in your brain.
    They helped me no end after I witnessed the remains of my Mother after she burned to death.
    This might sound like me being a twat as usual, but I’m entirely serious.

    • @ Thomas

      Speaking from personal experience I agree with you completely.

      Used judiciously, magic mushrooms are the bees-knees. We found an incredible crop of Hypaloma Cyanescens in the local park in the early 1980s – what a revelation!

      Changed my way of thinking immeasurably for the better. Probably the only reason I’m still here.

      • Nice!
        Mm’s are only class A because of the pernicious influence of pharmaceutical companies, the bastards.
        They’re far more effective than their SSRI-based antidepressants.
        Fortunately, you can grow them yourself, if you know how although it is very difficult.
        Errrrr….allegedly!

      • used to take them during my twenties for a few years when the were in season, which happens to be soon as it happens, first cold spell in mid october to mid november should yield some in the right type of fields. Golf courses are good as well.
        Had about a dozen to 20 per session depending, as its hard to make out when they are dried.
        Great fits of giggling when it kicks in followed by some shape shifting of faces and movements. One could peek glimpses into the other side.
        Owoooo, Owoooo,OOOWOOOOO one howls.
        Not meant for popping down the local for a quick bevy even though we did because we were young and kind of got away with it, not really

      • Bleeding hippies and drugs.

        If your feeling down in the mouth do some star jumps!
        Wash with cold water and chop some wood.
        Fine after a day or two.

      • A tiny minority of mushrooms are deadly, but none of the magic varieties are. Unless you eat a kilo.

      • @RTC I have nothing against magic mushrooms, having dropped the odd ac-eed tab back in the day. I just couldn’t tell you what a magic mushroom looks like with any certainty, so I think I’ll leave them where they grow for the next person.

        The local gamekeeper told me the story of the woman who picked the mushrooms and ended up dead. Poor thing.

        On the other hand, having had a shitty week, a faint voice is telling me to go eat any mushroom that is growing out there and either end up having a good time or end it all. Tempting as that is, I’ll ignore it!

      • Ruff
        Cuntengine
        Cuntologist
        Mecuntry @

        I don’t agree I’m afraid.
        I took mushrooms a few times when younger and always had a bad trip.

        Few hours in a fuckin nightmare,
        Everytime.
        Flashbacks, and not my usual upbeat self for weeks after.
        I hate the fuckin things.

        Also a mate who lost his nut on them (latent mental health issue)

        They work for some but by no means all.

      • MNC

        I used to do shitloads of drugs, would take anything, but wilfully abstained from acid and shrooms because of the horrendous, long lasting effects. My mates loved ’em, fecking awful.

        A nice big toot of Charlie though, that’s a different matter 😀

      • Termujin@

        I dabbled with all sorts,
        Ecstasy really brought out the best in me!
        I loved speed!!!

        I’ve been in every coffeeshop in Amsterdam.

        But psychedelics didn’t agree with me.

        And a few mates had issues through them.

        Nowadays I don’t touch anything bar alcohol.

        When I gave up smoking pot the novelty of clarity of mind was intoxicating.

        I gave up tobacco.
        Felt even better.

        On reflection I think drugs are a waste of time,
        Each to their own,
        I don’t see any benefit in messing about with my brain chemistry.
        I’m happy!
        Why risk that?

      • Get it wrong and you’ll have a cunt like me sticking Naloxone up your hooter, or breathing for you via a BVM!

    • MNC

      I think my brain chemistry has been pretty fckd up for a long time, so not too bothered about it. Repeated smacks to the head haven’t helped either 🙂

      I am currently 4 months dry after a self imposed 6 month drinking ban and clarity of mind is, as you say, rather good, but so is the occasional head-long leap into oblivion.

  22. When I was a kid the only thing we had to worry about was Brady and Hindley, oh and Jimmy Saville 😂

  23. No point expecting Slycone Valley to be the answer. Parents need to take responsibility and monitor what their children are doing online and only allow content from certain sites; perfectly doable now and back when this tragedy was brewing.

    As was said on Talk Tv the other day, who’s going to give a child a bike and not teach them how to use it and inform them of the risks?

  24. Kids don’t play outside these days. Leads to moping inside. What do insides have. Ceilings. There’s your answer.

  25. Let’s just hope that the Left wing, government officials, TV celebrities, Royal family members, Labour party members, big business people, foreigners, EU lovers, Russians, Gays, disabled people, pàedóphiles, criminals, Bame people, trans people, millennials and aliens don’t find and read through the hallowed pages of ISAC.
    I think the result would be mass suicides when they see what we really think and feel daily about all of the above cunts🤣

  26. I am amazed that Truss is still in situ.
    Apart from that charlatan Jacob Rees-Mugg, who is still supporting her?
    A Manchurian candidate devised by the Labour party could not have done more damage to the party or the country.

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