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by briandear 2963 days ago
False equivalence. Lead paint has the ability to harm others beyond the person making the purchase. Comparing Facebook to lead paint regulations is ridiculous.

This is nothing more than a digital drug law: “You can’t choose what services you consume because we are determined to protect you from yourself, like it or not.”

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The idea that FB, and personal data tracking in general, doesn't harm third parties is not universally agreed upon.
Maybe a free public toilet that simply demands the right to broadcast a videofeed of its customers is a better analogy? Be they minors or not?