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Microsite Highlighting Evidence from the Landmark Social Media Addiction Trials.

New documents show the tactics Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok execs used to disrupt learning, prey on minors, and co-opt the PTA to control the narrative with parents

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[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 hours ago

Its was also Epsteins priority for his clients.

[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 90 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 points 46 minutes ago

What is this crap supposed to be?

[–] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Did you copy it from the Internet, or did you do it yourself?

[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 61 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I am nothing but a peddler of stolen ASCII art and memes I'm afraid.

[–] cravl@slrpnk.net 26 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Meme smarter, not harder. 🤌

[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 hours ago

Preach, sibling.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This gave me a sudden flashback to the days when I had a program on VAX VMS that would spit out ASCII art to a chat console from a collection of dozens.

This was also huge on the old WWW III and other BBS Systems over various networks like FIDO. What a time.

[–] reddfugee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Maaan, I read The Cuckoo’s Egg by Cliff Stoll recently and was more than a little jealous of what y’all got to experience. Sounds like it was a blast : )

[–] Piege@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago

Litterally just reading about the reading crisis and how we don't know why it is so bad...

Maybe there's a link between the two.

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 36 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 28 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

The two options always seem to be:

  • Option 1: Do the thing that expands the hyper-surveillance police state.

  • Option 2: Do nothing and wait for the problem to get worse, until you're compelling to accept Option 1.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 27 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Which is why we need to replace the people deciding what the options are.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 19 points 5 hours ago (2 children)
[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

This is why I hate all the superhero movies of the past 20 years. Their ubiquity has made people subconsciously believe someone else out there with super powers will come to save the day, so it's okay to continue sitting back helplessly and waiting.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago

I mean.....it worked in WWII.

See, there was this guy named Hitler, who wanted to take over the world, and kill the Jews.

Then two jewish teens from Cleveland created Superman.

So Superman goes off, fights the nazis, and was on his way to Hitler's house, to give him a lecture about why killing is bad, but Hitler heard Superman was coming. So he killed himself before Superman got there.

True story.

[–] NChiwana76@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

I think that’s why comic writers started going to stories with flawed non super powered heroes.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 hours ago

Yah, their fallacy is false dichotomy.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 20 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It’s the same model as religion and cigarettes: Get ‘em hooked young and you have a customer for as long as they live.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago

This explains so much! So THAT'S why I masturbate! I was addicted as a teenager, and I guess I'm going to be addicted for life.

[–] amotio@lemmy.world 16 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

In other news: water is wet.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Unfortunately, they've been so successful, we won't be able to get our kids to read this report.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago