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It was never about protecting kids

2 months ago by Gabe Bell to c/tumblr

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Little_mouse 42 points 2 months ago

It almost makes me want to push for an advertising freeze on anyone who can't or won't prove their ID and age.

But I know it won't actually result in companies lobbying against requiring ID, it would just result in them lobbying to advertise more directly to children.

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GabrielBell12fi 9 points 2 months ago

Oddly a desire to have "adult only" adverts wasn't my first reaction to this.

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Little_mouse 14 points 2 months ago

I don't think ads for gambling, drugs, fad diets etc. Should be shown to anyone. But I especially think that they (or any advertising) should be knowingly shown to children.

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MalReynolds 6 points 2 months ago

So right, advertising is manipulation, always has been, it's propaganda if it's political. Both propaganda and manipulation are considered immoral widely, but your average social media company gets a pass. Why? I posit good advertising (sigh), and lobbying. Fuck that.

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AngryCommieKender 1 point 2 months ago

It's propaganda even if it isn't political. It just isn't political propaganda.

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Whitebrow 4 points 2 months ago

It is about protecting kids… from knowledge on how to commit suicide as effectively as possible so you can serve them more ads in the meantime.

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sunbytes 2 points 2 months ago

No one makes any money if you die (and undertakers are if nothing else, patient).

But if you hate yourself in just the right way... you will consume

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FishFace 0 points 2 months ago

It's incompetence, not malice.

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Whats_your_reasoning 5 points 2 months ago

I dunno, Hanlon's Razor's gotten pretty dull over the past few years.

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FishFace 1 point 2 months ago

Maybe, especially in the US, but if you do any thinking about it in this case it's obviously incompetence.

People who disagree just can't imagine that people might have different beliefs regarding the efficacy of technological controls.

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gratux 2 points 2 months ago

It can be both, the malicious get support from the incompetent.

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