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This is terrible logic, as when does a corporation performing highly influential campaigns ever have the public interest at heart? In which case, the easiest wa
by gjsman-1000 4y ago
This is terrible logic, as when does a corporation performing highly influential campaigns ever have the public interest at heart? In which case, the easiest way to show why this is a bad idea, is imagine if the roles were reversed (i.e. social media was instilling values you didn't agree with and thought were backwards). I don't have to agree with either side to think that allowing a corporation to have such influence over the formation of children is a terrible idea. Especially when said corporations have a long history of scandals (TikTok bowing to CCP, Facebook and Cambridge Analytics, Twitter...)
The only reason I can think of, for why we would be OK with this, is not a principled stance - rather, you just support the political views social media is instilling.
- Shared404 4y ago> rather, you just support the political views social media is instilling. People being able to see ideas outside of what their parents and communities see, particularly with respect to human rights (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33924352 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33924352)? I suppose I do agree with that. To be clear - facebook? Trash. Twitter? Trash. Instagram? Trash. But it is important for people to learn that things they've been told their whole life are not necessarily true, and social media is sometimes the only way for that to happen.