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“IG is a drug”: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial (arstechnica.com)
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[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 11 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Humans have been killing each other as long as we've existed isn't an argument to avoid trying to make it happen less

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

just saying billionaires manipulating shit has been the norm for ages, which is why we used to have media-ownership limits...repealed under Clinton iirc

[–] pipi1234@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Agreed, but now they have tools that enable them to do it with unprecedented impact.

In my opinion, the difference is so huge, we might as well think they didn't manipulate things at all before.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Agreed, but now they have tools that enable them to do it with unprecedented impact.

Yes tools like TikTok that libs lobbied to hand to fascists. Now they want more of the same.

[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 3 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, by memory Rupert Murdoch had his hand at that and in Aus and the UK. I'd love to see that reined in again too

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Murder =/= social media.

It's pretty sad that I have to say this. People are really losing their minds of this "social media" hype.

[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

🤦‍♂️ Don't put words in my mouth to try to make an argument