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New York City Sues Instagram Rather Than Teach Kids Filters Aren’t Real
When a school district sues social media companies claiming they can't educate kids because Instagram filters exist, that district is announcing to the world that it has fundamentally failed at its core mission. That's exactly what New York City just did with its latest lawsuit against Meta, TikTok, and other platforms. The message is unmistakable: "We run the largest school system in America with nearly a million students, but we're unable to teach children that filtered photos aren't real or help them develop the critical thinking skills needed to navigate the modern world.
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![Next, the opinion in this case uses the term “child pornography.” That is
understandable inasmuch as that is the terminology used in the Virginia statute at issue.
But, that terminology is universally out of favor. And for good reason. That term implies
consent, and pornography is largely legal when it involves consenting adults. Children, of
course, cannot consent to sexual activity or their exploitation, and pornography is
criminalized when children are the subjects. Referring to child sexual abuse material as
pornography minimizes the actual crime and the impact it has on children.
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For this reason, the current practice among professional organizations that work on
behalf of child victims of sexual exploitation is to use the term “child sexual abuse
material” and they strongly urge others to do so as well. E.g., What Is Child Sexual Abuse
Material, RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) (Aug. 25, 2022),
https://rainn.org/news/what-child-sexual-abuse-material-csam [https://perma.cc/N7KWKHQD]. In fact, the Department of Justice itself has explained that although the term
“child pornography” appears in some federal and state statutes (as it does here), the term
“‘child sexual abuse material’ is preferred, as it better reflects the abuse that is depicted in](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreigusrzfjkzxunwjschliwmmedo5jaeh5ktnvkkol3xa6e4jelqit4@jpeg)
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