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@fornichessate saidA fair point in general, similar to tobacco companies having been grudgingly (?) forced to say "may cause cancer" -- which turned out to be quite a legal bonus for the tobacco companies over decades.
The addicts are trying to get paid.
No sympathy.
Suing social media because people are retarded is like fat people suing food companies because they ate too much.
However, tobacco (and alcohol) have been age-wise regulated for quite a while, whereas social media has not.
As a student of the human mind and human development, I hope you might agree that human children and adolescents in general might have less impulse control than adults and are therefore more susceptible to pleasant and money-making internet addictions than in the beforetimes.
@fornichessate removed their quoted postNot the point. The addicts have become a burden on society. Facebooks should pay, since they profited off the addiction.
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@wildgrass saidThis might be a good issue wild grass. Let me sleep on it not that I will have anything to say in the morning!!!!
Not the point. The addicts have become a burden on society. Facebooks should pay, since they profited off the addiction.
PS: I assume that it is the children, the subject of Zuckerberg‘s hearing, that are the issue. I do not care if someone who is over 18 or 19 has problems with social media. That is certainly not the problem of the creators of the media, I could give you analogies all day long on that one. If I drive my Ford too fast and have a wreck, it is not the problem of the Ford Motor Company. I mean, really are y’all that bad????
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@AverageJoe1 saidIf you get sick from tobacco use, some of the money used to care for your illness comes from tobacco companies who sold you their deadly product, rather than using tax dollars.
This might be a good issue wild grass. Let me sleep on it not that I will have anything to say in the morning!!!!
PS: I assume that it is the children, the subject of Zuckerberg‘s hearing, that are the issue. I do not care if someone who is over 18 or 19 has problems with social media. That is certainly not the problem of the creators of the media, I could give you an ...[text shortened]... have a wreck, it is not the problem of the Ford Motor Company. I mean, really are y’all that bad????
This is a good thing, a healthy capitalist relationship, in my humble opinion..I don't know why we cannot use the same logic to demand similar treatment of mental disorders caused by social media.
@wildgrass saidYou make a good point, but consider that the tobacco company knew of this addictive element in tobacco and let it happen. If it can be shown that there is a link between depression and anxiety , and using Meta or Instagram or whatever in the hell all that is(I know nothing bout this stuff) , then the legal theories are similar.
If you get sick from tobacco use, some of the money used to care for your illness comes from tobacco companies who sold you their deadly product, rather than using tax dollars.
This is a good thing, a healthy capitalist relationship, in my humble opinion..I don't know why we cannot use the same logic to demand similar treatment of mental disorders caused by social media.
This is a big question, no good answer either way. But still any adult should have known that smoke was bad for them, and that is not the case with children under 16 being addicted to the Internet. It is like a game to them. The adults had choices . children do not , they go with the flow if it feels good to do it. .
So my knee jerk is that meter should be responsible knowing children were addicted to them in an innocent fashion, when the adults on the cigarettes knew what the hell they were doing. They were stupid. The children were not stupid.
Judge average Joe has ruled. Throw the book at the Zuckerberg group for teasing these children into using their site, where the tobacco companies were just taking tobacco out of the field and selling it to fools.
@wildgrass saidNote the absence of Marauder, he is either conflicted or digging into google, typical.
If you get sick from tobacco use, some of the money used to care for your illness comes from tobacco companies who sold you their deadly product, rather than using tax dollars.
This is a good thing, a healthy capitalist relationship, in my humble opinion..I don't know why we cannot use the same logic to demand similar treatment of mental disorders caused by social media.
Meta should be admonished of course, but NO ONE on either side ever gets in trouble for wrong doing.
Sorta started with Hlllary blatant law breaking, worse than Bill's oval dalliance. All men lie about sex, but the Hillary stuff, which is still going on, should have landed her in jail. None are punished.
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You make a good point, but consider that the tobacco company knew of this addictive element in tobacco and let it happen. If it can be shown that there is a link between depression and anxiety , and using Meta or Instagram or whatever in the hell all that is(I know nothing bout this stuff) , then the legal theories are similar.
This is a big question, no good answer e ...[text shortened]... site, where the tobacco companies were just taking tobacco out of the field and selling it to fools.
This is a big question, no good answer either way. But still any adult should have known that smoke was bad for them, and that is not the case with children under 16 being addicted to the Internet
No, big tobacco actively suppressed evidence that cigs were causing cancer, ran ads featuring cartoons to get kids into smoking, and funded their own studies saying tobacco was good for you. Social media companies have followed the same playbook.
@wildgrass saidshould democrats have to pay for causing brainwashing of liberals...having them out in the streets protect killers and rapists?
These lawsuits against social media giants seem like a really big deal. Meta's market capital is at $1.63 trillion, earned off the backs of people who became hopelessly addicted to their product. The product was DESIGNED to be addictive and harmful, because that's what draws in the most eyeballs and dollars.
Does this remind you of tobacco?
Should they be required to ...[text shortened]... lwether.
https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-testifies-social-media-addiction-trial-meta/