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Seal "more afraid" of social media than drugs
THE Voice coach Seal has claimed he is more concerned about the impact of social media on his children today than the lure of illicit drugs.
The British singer and father of four told Ellen Fanning's SBS series, The Observer Effect, while "drugs have always been here" the new challenge for parents was protecting their kids from the "recklessness" and "harmful rhetoric" of anonymous online trolls.
In a compelling interview recorded last week after his Twitter rant about Joel Madden's hotel drug raid, Seal said while he warned his kids drugs weren't "something that you should be dabbling in," he was more scared of the "recklessness" of the cyber world.
"For the first time in our civilisation we are living in this digital age where there is this recklessness on the internet where people can for the first time go on to a public domain, a public space and just splurt the most harmful rhetoric about people without any recourse."
He argued "there should be a mandatory declaration of identity on the internet before you are allowed to voice your opinion."
The facelessness of social platforms like Twitter empowered some people to say "the most harmful things" because there are no consequences.
The 50-year-old said: "I am worried about this kind of world that we are creating and this kind of world that my children will eventually grow up to see, you know.
Making veiled reference to Madden's police warning for pot possession, he added: "drugs have always kind of been here, they will always be here and yes, they are harmful, and yes I think people in our position, we should be responsible. However, I'm a lot more afraid of the social space."
During the recent season of The Voice, Seal also used his Twitter account to attack media reports he was unnecessarily rude to Delta Goodrem when she disagreed with the performance of one of his team's artists.
Karl Stefanovic says Seal needs to "get over himself" over Delta attacks
In the latter stages of the series this year, his four children with supermodel ex-wife Heidi Klum - Henry, Leni, Johan and Lou - joined their father in Sydney for a holiday.
The extensive SBS interview, produced by Shine (also the makers of The Voice Australia), also reveals Seal's troubled childhood, abusive father and the psychological impact of battling Lupus disease at the age of 21 which left his face with distinctive scars.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...gs/story-fni3swgp-1226668015880#ixzz2X0DBZFST
THE Voice coach Seal has claimed he is more concerned about the impact of social media on his children today than the lure of illicit drugs.
The British singer and father of four told Ellen Fanning's SBS series, The Observer Effect, while "drugs have always been here" the new challenge for parents was protecting their kids from the "recklessness" and "harmful rhetoric" of anonymous online trolls.
In a compelling interview recorded last week after his Twitter rant about Joel Madden's hotel drug raid, Seal said while he warned his kids drugs weren't "something that you should be dabbling in," he was more scared of the "recklessness" of the cyber world.
"For the first time in our civilisation we are living in this digital age where there is this recklessness on the internet where people can for the first time go on to a public domain, a public space and just splurt the most harmful rhetoric about people without any recourse."
He argued "there should be a mandatory declaration of identity on the internet before you are allowed to voice your opinion."
The facelessness of social platforms like Twitter empowered some people to say "the most harmful things" because there are no consequences.
The 50-year-old said: "I am worried about this kind of world that we are creating and this kind of world that my children will eventually grow up to see, you know.
Making veiled reference to Madden's police warning for pot possession, he added: "drugs have always kind of been here, they will always be here and yes, they are harmful, and yes I think people in our position, we should be responsible. However, I'm a lot more afraid of the social space."
During the recent season of The Voice, Seal also used his Twitter account to attack media reports he was unnecessarily rude to Delta Goodrem when she disagreed with the performance of one of his team's artists.
Karl Stefanovic says Seal needs to "get over himself" over Delta attacks
In the latter stages of the series this year, his four children with supermodel ex-wife Heidi Klum - Henry, Leni, Johan and Lou - joined their father in Sydney for a holiday.
The extensive SBS interview, produced by Shine (also the makers of The Voice Australia), also reveals Seal's troubled childhood, abusive father and the psychological impact of battling Lupus disease at the age of 21 which left his face with distinctive scars.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...gs/story-fni3swgp-1226668015880#ixzz2X0DBZFST
