Posted on 05/07/2021 4:58:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Appearing Friday on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), author of The Tyranny of Big Tech, explained how he and his wife do not allow their young children to utilize social media due to concern over what he described as the platforms’ addictive features.
(Listen from 12:14)
https://soundcloud.com/breitbart/sen-josh-hawley-r-mo-may-7-2021
A transcript is as follows:
ALEX MARLOW: You have a young family, as do I. Have you thought about technology devices being age-restricted? I’m just getting to that point where I’m starting to think some of this stuff. Have you given that much thought?
SEN. JOSH HAWLEY: This is something that my wife and I have thought a lot about. It’s really started me getting concerned about this issue some years ago because I do have three small children. Just looking at the effects of these devices and these platforms on my young kinds, is what started us as a family about thinking about this issue and then digging into it. In our own family, I can tell you we don’t allow our small children to have these devices, they’re not on social media, we don’t allow them to be exposed to these platforms. I think that is an important choice we made as a family, and I think every parent has to consider how control they’re giving to these tech companies by allowing them to track their children and allow them to build information about their children.
I’ve also proposed some limits to the addictive features that these companies use. Their business model is addiction. And for adults too. I think we need to confront some of these addictive features that they used to try to get us online all the time so they can take data, take stuff...
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Absolutely right on the money. They are drug dealers.
Holy cow! Is that really him? Sounds like it.
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All you need for proof is to watch a group in any restaurant or bar.
Most are constantly checking their cell phones, instead of interacting with one another.
Hawley still looks too slick to me, but he is spot on here.
Yep. Look at how the country freaks out when the internet or their favorite site goes down. So... Go for a walk and get some exercise then. Not the end of the world. But to most it is the end of the world for them.
It is a drug, they are addicted. And these Companies know it.
Awesome, I emailing everyone I know this. Hopefully this takes off and puts a dent in that scumbags website.
Smartphones are our new cigarettes.
He’s right.
I know a person who got a SMART PHONE for her kid, who was only 12 years old. Talk about a TOTAL IDIOT!!!
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