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They pay people millions of dollars a year to do research that suggests that their software causes mental illness in children and they continue to hock their pr
by kwatsonafter 4y ago
They pay people millions of dollars a year to do research that suggests that their software causes mental illness in children and they continue to hock their products as though they'll be the replacement to the Internet in the near future. Thanks for being the frog that boils to death.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/technology/meta-instagram-investigation-teens.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/technology/meta-instagram...
- baby 4y agoPeople always say that about the latest technology. Before that it was video games and tv and radio and…
- JohnClark1337 4y ago
- cmrdporcupine 4y agoI'll now repeat what "dead" sibling commenter said, but without the inflammatory "burn" comment that likely got them downvoted. Except in this case the problem isn't the technology, but the company behind the technology. There is nothing wrong with this comment, it is correct. I don't care if you've covered your eyes and ears. Meta is a company that has behaved on the whole profoundly unethically. I think there's a pretty strong consensus for that among techies. It's pretty intellectually dishonest of you to imply some sort of luddite position when someone presents legitimate criticism of the Meta corporation. And I personally also have a strong problem with the kind of VR that Meta is advocating for. I think it has a potential for serious societal problems. Especially in their hands, it will likely accelerate many of the societal ills that Facebook has been acused of.
- baby 4y agoCompanies are made out of people