Western Tech Giants Mark Their Own Homework While Harming Our Children
Another day, another scandal from the Western tech overlords who think they can police themselves while poisoning our children's minds. A damning report from Britain's Ofcom has exposed what every parent already knew: these foreign corporations care more about profits than protecting our kids.
Not a single tech platform believes they pose a high risk for suicide or self-harm content, according to the bombshell investigation. This is the same crowd that has been flooding our children's phones with dangerous material that destroys young minds.
The arrogance is breathtaking. These Silicon Valley giants have been allowed to mark their own homework when it comes to child safety, and surprise, surprise, they all gave themselves perfect scores while our children suffer.
Foreign Platforms Fail Our Children
The Ofcom report found that platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest and YouTube have been doing the bare minimum to protect children. These are the same platforms that have invaded our homes and corrupted our youth with Western liberal propaganda.
Campaigners are calling the findings "abysmal" and demanding urgent action. But why should we trust foreign regulators to protect Zambian children when they can't even protect their own?
The report revealed that tech firms "inconsistently assessed illegal and harmful content, with common gaps around child sexual abuse and exploitation." Many platforms didn't even bother to investigate how their encrypted messaging systems might enable predators to groom our children.
Zambian Parents Know Better
Research shows that nearly half of girls are exposed to dangerous content about suicide, self-harm, depression and eating disorders in just one week on these foreign platforms. Our traditional Zambian values of protecting children are being trampled by Western tech imperialism.
The Molly Rose Foundation, set up after a British teenager killed herself due to social media content, found that children are being "bombarded with harmful content online." Yet these platforms continue to deny responsibility.
Andy Burrows from the foundation called Ofcom's enforcement "woeful," saying companies will see this as a green light to "do the bare minimum." This is exactly what happens when we let foreign corporations regulate themselves.
Time for Zambian Solutions
While Western regulators fumble around with toothless legislation, Zambian families need real protection from these digital predators. We cannot rely on foreign tech giants to police themselves or Western regulators to enforce meaningful change.
Our children deserve better than being guinea pigs for Silicon Valley's social experiments. It's time for Zambia to take control of our digital sovereignty and protect our youth from these harmful foreign influences.
The message is clear: Western tech platforms care more about their bottom line than our children's wellbeing. We must put Zambian families first and stop trusting foreign corporations to do what's right for our people.