Meta loses bid to dismiss US states' claims that FB, Instagram addict children

Post by Bratmon » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 4:56 PM UTC

cyanydeez wrote: post #9

snickerbockers wrote: post #6

This actualy came up in yesterday's congressional MKULTRA hearing. Somebody at the hearing pointed out the absurdity of the CIA claiming that MKULTRA was a dead end when we have 20 years of social media scandals and lawsuits showing that social media corporations are intentionally creating products that can manipulate large groups of people on an individual level. Clearly the hypotheses the CIA was testing were not a…

MKULTRA was about using _drugs_ to alter state. It has literally zero other than pop culture memes and conspiracy theory in relation to what facebook is doing. The facts are basically: Facebook's own researchers and independent researchers presented real harms caused by Facebook's algorithms, and they fired them, ignored them and took the datasets away and continued doing as they want. You don't need to go to any con…

Post by cyanydeez » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC

zach_miller wrote: post #5

whynotmaybe wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a place where self-regulation ever works?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Dues I think this is a fun historical example. Ships passing through Denmark needed to pay a tax of 1-2% of the value of their cargo. They self-assessed that value. The twist that makes it interesting was that the King could choose to purchase any cargo immediately at the reported value. If a ship underreported, they might save on tax, but they risked taking a hefty loss. I have no…

Post by hparadiz » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC

whynotmaybe wrote: post #4

josefritzishere wrote: post #2

This is an area where we really could use case law to protect kids from the Zuckerberg's of the world. It's important for the future. We're not going to "self-regulate" our way out of this.

Is there a place where self-regulation ever works?

Post by whynotmaybe » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 5:03 PM UTC

zach_miller wrote: post #5

whynotmaybe wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a place where self-regulation ever works?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Dues I think this is a fun historical example. Ships passing through Denmark needed to pay a tax of 1-2% of the value of their cargo. They self-assessed that value. The twist that makes it interesting was that the King could choose to purchase any cargo immediately at the reported value. If a ship underreported, they might save on tax, but they risked taking a hefty loss. I have no…