Dr Sinan Aşçı
What would a social media ban mean for Ireland’s status as Europe’s tech hub?
Piece by Dr Sinan Aşçı @sinanasci.bsky.social, Postdoctoral Researcher at DCU's Anti-Bullying Centre, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/4uEOjkH
👉🏻 A safer digital world for children means recognising this complexity and ensuring the responsibility does not fall on parents alone, but is shared through stronger policies, accountable platforms, resilient schools and supportive communities.
Documentaries like this humanise what research shows us: that online risks intersect with trust, family, and identity in ways that statistics alone can’t capture.
📌 Platforms ensuring real transparency and reporting mechanisms.
📌 Communities and policymakers building trauma-informed responses when harm occurs.
It’s a reminder that online protection cannot rest on any one safeguard. We need layered systems of support:
📌 Parents and carers creating open, trusting conversations.
📌 Schools embedding digital resilience into everyday education.
The new Netflix documentary Unknown Number: The High School Catfish makes this painfully clear. While most parents are vital allies in safeguarding children online, this story reveals that harm can also come from within the family itself.
👉🏻 Overreliance on the “parent as sole protector” model is risky in addressing childhood vulnerabilities.
#Cyberbullying #DigitalSafety #OnlineHarms #ChildProtection #UnknownNumber
Bir araştırma “bilimsel” ya da “resmî” olduğu için değil, etik değerlere, çocuk haklarına ve gönüllülük esasına uygun olduğu sürece meşrudur.
- M 3: Her durumda çocuğun yüksek yararı gözetilmelidir. Araştırmalarda da bu temel ilkedir.
Bu maddeler ışığında, ebeveyn onayı alınmadan, çocuklara inanç, ibadet, dinsizlik ve ahlaki tutumlar gibi özel alanlara dair sorular sorulması ciddi bir etik ve çocuk hakları ihlâlidir.
- M 16: Çocuğun özel hayatına saygı hakkı; inanç, düşünce ve aile yaşamına dair bilgilerin gizliliği esastır.
- M 19: Her türlü istismar ve duygusal baskıya karşı koruma; çocuklar, özellikle yönlendirici ve inanç temelli ayrımcı ifadelerden korunmalıdır.
Birleşmiş Milletler Çocuk Haklarına Dair Sözleşme, özellikle aşağıdaki maddelerle bu duruma ışık tutar:
- M 12: Çocuğun görüşüne saygı gösterilmesi; çocuk, kendisini etkileyen her konuda görüşlerini ifade etme hakkına sahiptir. Ancak bu, yaşa uygun bilgiyle ve baskı altında olmadan sağlanmalıdır.
Ayşe Arman Instagram hesabında şöyle bir şey paylaşmış. (Diğer görseller takip eden postlarda.)
Bir anketin “TÜBİTAK projesi” ya da “MEB onaylı” olması, çocukların haklarını ihlâl etme hakkı vermez.
(Devam ediyor.)
"ai ethics" has been completely captured by industry. its not a literature that is relevant to the study of ethics, it has basically no connection to philosophical literature. it has a _lot_ of connections to (and funding from!) the tech industry, and has no ability or interest in challenging it
Batı ana akım medyasının Türkiye’de olanları Orhan Pamuk ve Elif Şafak üzerinden anlatmaya çalıştığı o günler yine geldi. Görüş alınacak bir yazar ve bir akademisyen daha kaldı. Bakalım onlara sıra ne zaman gelecek?
www.ft.com/content/8978...
There were millions of people in Türkiye who could have described these protests accurately. You could have even asked a student who took part in them. But no, instead, you chose a novelist accused of plagiarism and known for supporting the establishment the protests are against.
@financialtimes.com
📢 Glad to share our new report, Re-Imagining Ethics & Research with Children! It explores child-centred, ethical research practices and key discussions from our symposium.
📖 Read here: antibullyingcentre.ie/wp-content/u...
Key Erdogan rival’s university diploma is revoked in a move that blocks him from Turkey’s election.
#AdolescenceNetflix doesn’t offer easy answers, but it starts a crucial conversation.
#SocialImpact #DigitalCulture #YouthWellbeing #ToxicMasculinity
👉🏻 How do we rethink digital literacy, address the gendered nature of #onlineradicalisation, and create real-world interventions that support young people before they fall into harmful ideologies?
As professionals working across media, education, and policy, we must ask:
👉🏻 How can we create spaces for young people (esp. young men) to find purpose, connection, and belonging outside toxic online influences?
We cannot afford to keep labelling this as a “#youthproblem” or an “#internetproblem.” #Adolescence makes it clear - this is a societal issue, and the time for meaningful change is now.
The question now is: what do we do with this?
The series resonates deeply in today’s digital landscape, where #algorithms shaping young minds often remain unchecked.
But where #BabyReindeer dissected obsession and trauma, #Adolescence forces us to confront the fragility of identity in a digital age.
The comparisons to #BabyReindeer are inevitable - both are visceral, boundary-pushing pieces of television that expose unsettling truths.
Rather than resorting to #moralpanic, the series offers an unflinching yet empathetic exploration of male rage, #socialmedia influence, and the real-world consequences of disaffection.
From online #echochambers to societal pressures that both demand strength and suppress emotion, #Adolescence lays bare the forces pulling young people - especially young men - toward harmful ideologies.
The narrative follows the aftermath of a teenage girl’s murder, with a 13-year-old boy as the prime suspect. Through chillingly realistic storytelling, the series unpacks the #toxicinfluences shaping young #masculinity today.
With stellar performances - particularly from newcomer Owen Cooper - and a bold single-take filming approach, #Adolescence forces us to confront a deep societal issue: the alienation of young men.
Created by Jack Thorne & Stephen Graham and directed by Philip Barantini in his signature one-shot style, the four-part drama has already been hailed as flawless by critics.