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by LanceH 48 days ago
The politicians could all divest from these companies for a start.

Anyone they are responsible for could be forced off social media, etc...

This is just another case of some people deciding other people are too dumb to handle themselves or their kids. Further, I believe formally blaming the media companies lets everyone off the hook for their own actions.

In the general sense, Congress shouldn't be exempting itself from federal smoking bans, providing healthcare coverage, insider trading, lying before Congress, etc...