👉🏻 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.

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.

"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

#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.