Anyone paying attention knew. A smoking gun means that legal action is possible. Or it would be in a better time.

mahirsaid 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Indeed, I've been paying attention to the market share of the biggest companies in advertisement, its clear that Google and Meta are the largest share by a large margin. Almost not even comparable to other players other than Reddit recently. which it's exposure is dependent on Search engines like Google and Bing for that matter. users within the platform are a different story. I personally think the internet is not being utilized wisely when it comes to current context. There is still so much to be done and innovated and there are gate keepers keeping this from happening.

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lostlogin 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It might, but would that achieve much? Tobacco has done ok.

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jmcgough 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Tobacco paid billions of dollars, and we've heavily restricted where it can be used, where it can be advertised, and who can buy it.

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ludicrousdispla 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Companies don't necessarily have to suffer when restrictions are placed on them.

Ask any educator what the biggest positive change was to U.S. high schools in the 1970s and they'll probably answer that it was the ban on smoking in schools.

I expect a similar response in the future regarding bans on social media.

	▲	mahirsaid 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I can only imagine what it's like right now in schools. I can't see how anybody arguing the point that student are allowed to use social media in school is an okay activity. I know there are some countries banning the use of such activities in Europe and some others i can't think of right now.

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idle_zealot 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Algorithmicly personalized social media becoming as stigmatized as smoking would be an amazing outcome, and is a great goal for regulators.