For the sake of change in society and a future with healthy media sites, we have to do everything we can to save what remains of the level of discourse online.

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place that parents can trust,

Peer pressure alone is enough to warp the mind of a child into accepting illogical statements to better fit in. There's no source of communication, that is full of strangers, that won't create the system you're trying to avoid. imo children under the age of 14 shouldn't be able to use social media (facebook, twitter, myspace, ect.,) without parental supervision, but there's no way to block that without censoring most of the internet along with it, which is also bad when you consider how being denied access to easy information can stunt a child's ability to understand the world.

with other people who to trust?

That is the job of the parent. "Hey Mom/Dad/Other Adult, I just read this thing online. Is this true?"

The moment they're ignored when asking a question, or insulted for not knowing the answer, they will default to the mindless idiots around them they call friends that have no idea either. And that's the best case scenario. If they start searching for answers by talking to random strangers online the brainwashing only gets worse.