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Having a post arbitrarily or even maliciously being removed from a social media platform being equated to physical harm is an extremely absurd, out of touch, pa
by jonhohle 3y ago
Having a post arbitrarily or even maliciously being removed from a social media platform being equated to physical harm is an extremely absurd, out of touch, pampered, and privileged position.
Mishandling of heavy metals can cause lifelong affects not just to those handling them, but to anyone in the vicinity.[0] it’s estimated that 1M people die per year from lead poisoning[1].
Content moderation cannot directly cause any physical harm. If you consider indirect physical harm related to all social media (which I’d have more sympathy toward), it would not come close to the affects of heavy metals and other substances known to the state of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.
0 - https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/20/china-children-mass-lead-poisoning https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/20/china-children...
1 - https://www.who.int/news/item/23-10-2022-almost-1-million-people-die-every-year-due-to-lead-poisoning--with-more-children-suffering-long-term-health-effects https://www.who.int/news/item/23-10-2022-almost-1-million-pe...