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[–] 42 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It almost makes me want to push for an advertising freeze on anyone who can't or won't prove their ID and age.

But I know it won't actually result in companies lobbying against requiring ID, it would just result in them lobbying to advertise more directly to children.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    So right, advertising is manipulation, always has been, it's propaganda if it's political. Both propaganda and manipulation are considered immoral widely, but your average social media company gets a pass. Why? I posit good advertising (sigh), and lobbying. Fuck that.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    It is about protecting kids… from knowledge on how to commit suicide as effectively as possible so you can serve them more ads in the meantime.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    No one makes any money if you die (and undertakers are if nothing else, patient).

    But if you hate yourself in just the right way... you will consume

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    It's incompetence, not malice.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I dunno, Hanlon's Razor's gotten pretty dull over the past few years.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Maybe, especially in the US, but if you do any thinking about it in this case it's obviously incompetence.

    People who disagree just can't imagine that people might have different beliefs regarding the efficacy of technological controls.

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