Senators Blast Facebook for Concealing Instagram's Risks to Kids

ceejayoz wrote: post #2

https://twitter.com/morroweric/status/1443628623576109065 > Sen. Blumenthal asks Facebook "Will you commit to ending Finsta?" > Facebook's safety chief has to explain that Finsta is slang for a fake account. Sigh.

Are they going to go after Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google because people have second emails?

Re: Senators Blast Facebook for Concealing Instagram's Risks to Kids

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Post by ceejayoz » Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 9:36 PM UTC

Dracophoenix wrote: post #4

ceejayoz wrote: post #2

https://twitter.com/morroweric/status/1443628623576109065 > Sen. Blumenthal asks Facebook "Will you commit to ending Finsta?" > Facebook's safety chief has to explain that Finsta is slang for a fake account. Sigh.

Are they going to go after Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google because people have second emails?

Spam filters are apparently ripe for regulation.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-greg-steube-asks-googl...

> Pichai attempted to explain individual email account settings to Steube, prompting the congressman to interject when the Google chief said the “primary tab” is for friends and family. “Well, it was my father who is not receiving now my campaign emails. So clearly that familial thing you’re talking about didn’t apply to my emails,” Steube exclaimed, conflating his personal emails with his political campaign’s.

Re: Senators Blast Facebook for Concealing Instagram's Risks to Kids

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Post by threatofrain » Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 9:44 PM UTC

To what degree should companies be responsible for goods which, without structured or disciplined use leads to harm, especially when the good in question has an apparently reasonable use case?

Re: Senators Blast Facebook for Concealing Instagram's Risks to Kids

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Post by MAGZine » Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 9:46 PM UTC

threatofrain wrote: post #6

To what degree should companies be responsible for goods which, without structured or disciplined use leads to harm, especially when the good in question has an apparently reasonable use case?

You mean like alcohol? companies can definitely get in trouble if they overserve or serve minors.

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Post by threatofrain » Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 9:50 PM UTC

MAGZine wrote: post #7

threatofrain wrote: post #6

To what degree should companies be responsible for goods which, without structured or disciplined use leads to harm, especially when the good in question has an apparently reasonable use case?

You mean like alcohol? companies can definitely get in trouble if they overserve or serve minors.

Alcohol would be a good example, as would be unhealthy foods from the restaurant industry and food supply chain. But restrictions to drugs are made on an ad-hoc basis and not from a general principle.

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Post by tclancy » Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 9:56 PM UTC

nkingsy wrote: post #3

Antigone is the name of the executive who testified. Will the gods be mad that she was blasted for burying things?

I couldn’t get past it. Sent her to be executed.

Re: Senators Blast Facebook for Concealing Instagram's Risks to Kids

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Post by ikr678 » Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 9:56 PM UTC

threatofrain wrote: post #8

MAGZine wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You mean like alcohol? companies can definitely get in trouble if they overserve or serve minors.

Alcohol would be a good example, as would be unhealthy foods from the restaurant industry and food supply chain. But restrictions to drugs are made on an ad-hoc basis and not from a general principle.

While not banned, a lot of countries restricted television advertising of unhealthy food to children during childrens programming. I dont know how effective this was/is, but I suspect it's been erroded by new marketing channels(internet etc) anyway.