These companies are inherently evil. They can’t help themselves as their business relies on making awful decisions and kids are worse for it.
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Mistaking structural factors, like the profit imperative amidst an enshittogenic regulatory environment, for moral failings is unhelpful. For-profit companies will do what they can get away with, which is why these lawsuits are so important.
enshittogenic
lmfao real
Reminds me of the 90s. Apple gave computers to schools so kids would get locked in to how they work, making a PC awkward and uncomfortable.
Ai, tiktok, facebook are all digital drugs.
These companies have a huge number of employees who specialize in addiction and use them to ensure you can't look away.
50 years from now, people will look upon unregulated algorithmic "social" media the same way as we today look upon unregulated smoking in the 50s. "How could they? Didn't they know it was addictive as hell and terrible for your health and that of your kids?"
That is, if there are still any people left 50 years from now...
That is, if there are still any people left 50 years from now...
Or preserved articles stating the effects of social media. I reckon all the papers will be bought up and their archives 'adapted to suit the new times better'.
I don't think they'll be able to make the papers go away, what they will do is "flood the zone" with "overwhelming evidence" that the papers are absurd lies and fantastical fiction, like Roswell and Area 51...
Hmm true, drown it out. Still, future archaeologists might prove adept at surfacing the actual articles. After the first of those is made public, the entire archives might still get wiped or 'adapted'.
My suspicion is that the Epstein files are packed full of garbage, there are truths in there, but they have likely pushed in so much obvious falsehood as well that they can convince some audiences to ignore the whole thing as a pack of lies.
As for your archaeologists, some will no doubt find the truth and recognize it for that it is, but will they be allowed to effectively communicate their findings to the masses? I suspect that all depends on who is in charge.
I suspect we've got quite the chaotic froth of "who's in charge" of the world today.
Very good point, can't argue that.
Meta paid “teen ambassadors” to promote Instagram and hand out swag to their friends at school.
What I'm hearing is that we need to bring back bullying
Are you okay? Do you support the war on drugs too and think that that lowest-rung enforcement is actually effective? Instead of whackamole vigilantism, how about a blanket ban on companies paying children to become brand ambassadors instead?
Maybe I wasn't talking about the kids?
and film it???
Don't worry, we'll blame teachers for this too. Or make them responsible for controlling it in some ridiculous way.
They fucking know they aren't supposed to marketing to kids, let alone disturbing them during school. These kids shouldn't be on social media and these companies should not be collecting any of their data. Fuck these piece of shit companies for ignoring the law and bribing our government to look the other way.