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Re: New York bans 'addictive feeds' for teens

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This is obviously unconstitutional and it'll be shot down in the courts before it takes effect since this is their version of KOSA among other First Amendment issues. Some context here: https://www.techdirt.com/2024/06/11/nys-safe-for-kids-act-a-...

Some more context:

Hochul told a reporter, “we’ve checked to make sure, we believe it’s constitutional.” And, that’s just laughable. Checked with whom? Every attempt I saw to call out these concerns was brushed off as “just spewing big tech’s talking points.”

The Constitution is not a “big tech talking point.” What the actual research shows is not a “big tech talking point.”

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/06/21/today-we-save-our-childr...

Re: New York bans 'addictive feeds' for teens

#112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly. As you say, the use of the word "addiction" in this context has nothing to do with scientific or medical reality. It's just an ignorant meme of misclassification; like people saying "the internet isn't working" just because their monitor is unplugged. Imagine legislation to "protect the internet" and require by law that all monitors remain plugged in at all times. That is how stupid this reads. The internet…

> As you say, the use of the word "addiction" in this context has nothing to do with scientific or medical reality. I didn’t say anything like that. I said they’re perhaps using the word in a way that is broader than it’s used in medical jargon. That’s not the same thing as saying the word is meaningless or has nothing to do with reality.

> this law is not a “medical setting”.

And from other posts it's clear that you and those behind this legislation care nothing for science of medical standards when drafting law.

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