Meta == Phillip Morris - This is a public health issue and will likely need to be treated like tobacco. Kids can't vote so I don't see the political motivation.

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josho 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Good analogy.

The solution, however, isn't prohibition or age restrictions; it's either regulating the algorithms or holding these companies responsible for the adverse outcomes their platforms contribute to. Safe harbor laws made sense when tech wasn't filtering/promoting content, now that they are influencing the material we see, these laws must no longer apply.

This may mean adopting a modern equivalent to libel laws. Something akin to: if an algorithm pushes false information, the company behind the algorithm can be sued for harm. Disallow terms of service that force arbitration or cap liability limits.

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thfuran 3 days ago | parent [-]

I think the solution is banning accepting compensation for third party advertising.

	▲	qu4z-2 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I know all the reasons it "wouldn't work", but I'd love to see somewhere try this.

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roguecoder 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That makes me wonder, if only teenagers could vote would they ban adults from social media?

	▲	strangattractor 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Social media is not good for adults either. Being able to choose your vices is one of the privileges we give to adults. When I was 18 the legal drinking age had just been reduced to 18. That only lasted a couple of years. I don't think I'd vote for lowering it to that age again actually.

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JohnMakin 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They'll vote eventually, and preferably won't be damaged in irreparable ways by then

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lisbbb 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I just can't get behind any of it, sorry. The puritanical moralizing feels so good until you cause a revolution or the species goes extinct.

	▲	strangattractor 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Isn't treating it as a health issue the opposite of "puritanical moralizing"? No one suggested placing a Scarlet S around their necks. It really isn't a bad thing for kids to be told they can't do something occasionally. It kind of helps prepare them for being an adult where it happens all the time.
	▲	Dylan16807 3 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Any of it? You can't get behind cigarette bans for kids?
	▲	roguecoder 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Social media has caused at least two genocides so far, and their data centers and AI slop are helping drive us towards an earth incapable of supporting human life. So what you are describing is just the base case.

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cmxch 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Handwaving “public health” doesn’t make it so.

	▲	roguecoder 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Suppressing the evidence of it doesn't make it not so: https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/meta-project-mercury-sh...