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I still don't get how TikTok (and other "feed"-based social media) isn't regulated more strongly. We don't allow 12 year olds to buy cigarettes because they're
by maxehmookau 4y ago
I still don't get how TikTok (and other "feed"-based social media) isn't regulated more strongly.
We don't allow 12 year olds to buy cigarettes because they're harmful and addictive. These apps are no different, they just don't cause obvious physical diseases like lung cancer.
It's clearly designed to entrap users in to addiction, but as a society we're still cool with it and it blows my mind.
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- Jochim 4y agoPeople are making money from it. Many people now view that as the goal rather than improving and maintaining a healthy society.
- duncan-donuts 4y agoWe didn't have a federal law in the US for age restriction on tobacco until the 90s. As far as I can tell tobacco wasn't regulated at all until after the cigarette roller was invented (1881) and tobacco was pushed onto society in massive quantities. Even then it took 2 years for a single state to pass age restrictions on cigarettes and it wasn't until 1939 that all states had a law. Some states even removed the law before it was federally unforced in the 90s. My point is that if an industry has enough money and influence it doesn't actually matter if it's bad for people. Businesses will sell anything to anyone as long as it's profitable. We've known tobacco can cause cancer for almost as long as cigarettes have existed. source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4902755/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4902755/
- maxehmookau 4y agoI agree, unfortunately although my outrage here is very UK-centric. There’s been a National ban on under 16s buying cigarettes since 1908 here!