As someone who was bullied despite adults interceding, I'm curious why you think it being physical makes it better?

Interestingly the exact example you gave is something I can see happening when I was a kid as well as now.

Bullies gunna bully.

My primary issue here was actually more about TikTok - I don’t think it’s right that software engineers get rich writing code that pushes “bullying challenges” on children to increase engagement and ad sales.

But: all other things equal, of I get to pick between “10-year-olds primary daily public forum is completely, cryptographically, devoid of any moderating adult presence whatsoever” and - what I had - 10-year olds have privacy but there are adults around that have a chance at picking up that things are going off the rails”