The author's son was unwittingly liking racist and white supremacist meams. She says she didn't have a policy overhaul in her household about what his kids could do, or how did you approach it? We did not. And i explained the elgarithm to them. I mean, even if you just stay on one meam for a really long time, or if you share it privately inster, graham says, this is what this guy likes, and sends you more. So for them, it was a real education.
Writer and parent Joanna Schroeder wrote a guide for parents about what to look out for and how to intervene.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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