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America's tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices (apnews.com)

submitted 1 week ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

A lot, TBH. The walled garden is everything in tech these days. When you control the platform and make it hard to leave, you control the flow of information.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What does that have to do with right wing propaganda? I'm just not seeing the connection.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When you control the device, you control the information allowed on to the device.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you suggesting the right wing somehow controls all compute devices? And if so, how?

[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Trump administration already had apps removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play. (ICETracker, Tiktok was until it was sold to hard MAGA supporters)

Also, there have been many studies showing how YouTube videos will push right-wing agenda videos to people.

These are the 2 major aspects for chidren, locked down app stores and YouTube, both which have shown a favortism for right-wing politics lately.

This doesn't include Tiktok's new MAGA owners, Discord's usage of age verifaction company Persona (which feds the info to the Trump administration) X(itter). Social media that force-feeds children right-wing propaganda.

[–] artyom@piefed.social -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's an internet and media problem, not a computer problem. Taking computers away doesn't solve that problem.