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by BizarreByte 933 days ago
> It's not illegal to target user's vulnerabilities in order to get the user to spend more time or money on their platform.

Perhaps it should be illegal to target children in such ways? I'm tired of this argument that companies should be able to do whatever they wish in the name of profit, they need to be reigned with strong regulations.
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liquidpele 933 days ago
It’s also BS. Companies have branding and PR teams because they know it matters for profits. The issue with meta, twitter, etc is their real customers are advertisers. They can piss off users, and just pretend some % of bots are users. And let’s be real, few marketing companies are held accountable to their level of actual impact.
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megmogandog 933 days ago
I didn't read the comment you're replying to as endorsing Meta's actions, but rather stating that it is the only thing you should expect given the current lack of regulation.
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