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It's becoming increasingly clear that social media needs to be more strictly regulated. How to do that in a free society is a difficult question. OTOH, if we ta
by whyenot 5y ago
It's becoming increasingly clear that social media needs to be more strictly regulated. How to do that in a free society is a difficult question. OTOH, if we take too long to figure this out, it may be too late. In fact, it may already be too late.
- jensensbutton 5y agoWhat regulation would help here?
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- 93po 5y agoTaxation on services that are known to be detrimental to human health. These taxes can be spent on public health resources (counseling and so forth).
- Pokepokalypse 5y agoThat sounds like a very pragmatic, and politically-neutral idea, that would be portrayed as a "far-left nanny-state Marxist doctrine." . . .
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoThe problem is, those who need the counseling (to recover from overdosing on their echo chamber) won't seek it.
- CamperBob2 5y agoIt might have been possible in the 1950s, but the modern "death of authority" phenomenon has ensured that no central regulation of social media can ever be imposed by the consent of the governed. The government would literally have to pull wires out of walls to stop Facebook and whatever inevitably follows it.