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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 03 2017, @12:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the talk-to-your-kids dept.

The controversial show about teen suicide millions of your friends on Twitter are talking about is getting increased content warnings.

The move is the latest in the conversation about the Netflix original program "13 Reasons Why", coming as a response to the backlash and concern about the show's suitability for young viewers.

The streamer released a statement Monday promising to "add an additional viewer warning card before the first episode." It has also "strengthened the messaging and resource language in the existing cards for episodes that contain graphic subject matter, including the URL 13ReasonsWhy.info."

Mental health organisations in Australia reported increased calls and emails since the program's launch in March. In April, New Zealand's classification body ruled that Netflix would have to display a clear warning for the entire series as well as individual episodes, branding it with the region's first ever RP18 rating. The new classification -- created for the program -- recommends people under the age of 18 watch the program only under the supervision of a parent or guardian.


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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday May 03 2017, @03:26PM (4 children)

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 03 2017, @03:26PM (#503684)

    What did the school district robocall and email say really?

    Pretty much the same as the periodic jaywalking awareness or anti-drug campaigns. We're aware of kids in our district being involved and strongly encourage you to discuss with your children and here's some safety resources now hurry home and be sure to sign up for netflix and watch every episode, well, I added that little bit at the end.

    Our district is pretty good about this stuff, they were complaining about yik yak back when none of the normies commented about it, they single handedly drove adoption of that app in our district by complaining about it.

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday May 03 2017, @05:25PM (3 children)

    by kaszz (4211) on Wednesday May 03 2017, @05:25PM (#503777) Journal

    Maybe they hired Streisand-R'-Us ? ;-)

    Seem what you got in your hands is a think-of-the-children automaton that lack any consequential thinking ;-)
    I'll guess it's not much point in listening to them or pay attention to them?

    • (Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday May 03 2017, @07:21PM (2 children)

      by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 03 2017, @07:21PM (#503873)

      Seem what you got in your hands is a think-of-the-children automaton that lack any consequential thinking

      Yeah, Dept of Education, public school system, modern academia as a leftist theological death cult, that stuff is old in a human lifetime sense, but its only been screwing up our culture for a microscopic percentage of our species lives.

      So our 200K year old species spent its first 199950 years conquering mother nature, covering the planet, man made flight, inventing western civilization, inventing modern science, split the atom, travel to the moon, all that stuff we did the old fashioned way before we got all that "help".

      Then we get all this "help" from Dept Ed and public schools and the result is all we done in the last 50 years is make sure our kids grow up real stupid, and discover 42 new genders requiring 17 additional bathrooms. Yeah not so impressed with those achievements. Thanks but no thanks.

      • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday May 03 2017, @08:17PM (1 child)

        by kaszz (4211) on Wednesday May 03 2017, @08:17PM (#503919) Journal

        That's not help. That's indoctrination. Something completely different.

        No option for another sane school?
        Even if it's just a few parents cooperating to educate their own kids.

        • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 04 2017, @05:06AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 04 2017, @05:06AM (#504190)

          > No option for another sane school?

          Have you considered the obvious fact that VLM himself is really alt-sane?