• bitteroldcoot@piefed.social
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    26 days ago

    Ai, tiktok, facebook are all digital drugs.

    These companies have a huge number of employees who specialize in addiction and use them to ensure you can’t look away.

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      26 days ago

      50 years from now, people will look upon unregulated algorithmic “social” media the same way as we today look upon unregulated smoking in the 50s. “How could they? Didn’t they know it was addictive as hell and terrible for your health and that of your kids?”

      That is, if there are still any people left 50 years from now…

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        26 days ago

        That is, if there are still any people left 50 years from now…

        Or preserved articles stating the effects of social media. I reckon all the papers will be bought up and their archives ‘adapted to suit the new times better’.

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    26 days ago

    They fucking know they aren’t supposed to marketing to kids, let alone disturbing them during school. These kids shouldn’t be on social media and these companies should not be collecting any of their data. Fuck these piece of shit companies for ignoring the law and bribing our government to look the other way.

  • ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com
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    26 days ago

    Meta paid “teen ambassadors” to promote Instagram and hand out swag to their friends at school.

    What I’m hearing is that we need to bring back bullying

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    23 days ago

    Reminds me of the 90s. Apple gave computers to schools so kids would get locked in to how they work, making a PC awkward and uncomfortable.