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This is just cop out legislation. I wanna see laws targeting addictive design systems and harmful content. Social media is only part of the problem. There’s so
by herunan 9mo ago
This is just cop out legislation. I wanna see laws targeting addictive design systems and harmful content. Social media is only part of the problem.
There’s so much that falls out of the social media definition. And regardless, kids are not stupid… VPNs, proxies, etc are easy to circumvent with.
- amelius 9mo agoStep 1 should be to kill the ad based monetization model.
- soperj 9mo agoDon't let the perfect be the enemy of good. Who cares if many can get around it, if the majority can't or won't, then it kills the network effects.
- Ritewut 9mo agoI don't think this is good though. It's a police state masquerading as "SAVE THE CHILDREN!"
- soperj 9mo agoyes, the police state is preventing Mark Zuckerberg from being a trillionaire.
- sethammons 9mo agoI'm sorry. What? This legislation is very much giving more power to the government over what its citizens cannot do. The real impetus is control by the powers that be. The ideal citizen for an authoritarian would be fully controllable via digital means. A digital id that is networked with services is a wet dream for authoritarians. What does this have to do with limiting Zuck's net worth? Because less kids will see less ads? How much will this reduce his net worth? If we took licenses from kids and had them wait until 18, would you be claiming this is to prevent Musk from gaining more wealth?
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- bloppe 9mo agoThe Australian law, as written, is not good. It names 10 specific platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, etc) that must comply with the law. That means any social network that is not explicitly named can still happily serve children.
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- Alex2037 9mo ago>I wanna see laws targeting addictive design systems and harmful content. then you're going to see president Hegseth using those laws to ban video games and pornography.