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we should be removing the harmful aspects of modern social, which are harmful for everyone not just minors, by making them unprofitable or even outright illegal
by b00ty4breakfast 7mo ago
we should be removing the harmful aspects of modern social, which are harmful for everyone not just minors, by making them unprofitable or even outright illegal.
Instead we are saying "only adults should use this" which, while technically regulating the industry, places the restriction on users.
We're treating it like tobacco or alcohol (2 industries who have similarly spent millions upon millions of dollars in lobbying efforts) but we should be treating it like asbestos.
- jimbokun 7mo agoOK, so what would be in the text of this law making it enforceable and not easily game-able by the social media companies and without severe unintended consequences?
- dminik 7mo agoWhy are you asking lawmaker questions of people on HN? What kind of answer are you expecting? Just because I don't know how to write a law that can prevent it doesn't mean that I can't recognize an actual issue when I see it.
- jimbokun 7mo agoBecause people like you then go and vote for politicians without actually understanding what they are proposing. It's all Trump style "believe me I know how to fix it" and you will vote for the person that pushes your buttons regardless of whether they have a plausible solution or not.
- dwedge 7mo agoSo only lawyers should be allowed to vote, otherwise we are subjected to ad hominem attacks?
- MiguelX413 7mo agoSo everyone should go to law school?