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They also exempt social media companies with less than 100 million gross revenue
So which ones does it apply to in the end?
Facebook and Twitter, I think.
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
They also exempt social media companies with less than 100 million gross revenue
So which ones does it apply to in the end?
> That may limit the new age restrictions to just Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
So pretty much it's a specifically worded bill to just hit those three.
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#23So they exempt platforms with deep pockets ? So much for the "I like small business" meme politicians love to bring up.
Other way around. Only applies to big ones.
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#24Clearly, the point is to look good to some prospective voters that likely won't get legally rejected because it applies to no one. You can claim to have done something without worrying about a messy reality.
Welcome to most politics. Crime goes up, here's a new task force that has no teeth to make any real changes...but look we did something.
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If it’s proven that is bad for them, I would not be so opposed. Same with alcohol or tobacco.
[gestures broadly all around]
That's a rather useless answer. You should link to some website for further reading or at least take a stab at what sorts of mechanisms cause harm if you really want to post something.
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#27not sure how to feel about this law in general. absolutely do not want me grand kids on twitter or facebook and me kids even more against it. but not sure how state can enforce and state should enforce. feel like 1984 book.
Odds are your grand kids wouldn't want to be caught on something as uncool as facebook anyway beyond at most a mostly stale profile to throw parents and grandparents off the scent, and might only marginally have any interest for Twitter. To my son, social media means Discord; in general any platform he's likely to find me on is automatically uncool.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
So which ones does it apply to in the end?
> That may limit the new age restrictions to just Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. So pretty much it's a specifically worded bill to just hit those three.
Or alternatively Twitter and Meta are the only ones not successfully lobbying for an exemption. After all, the exemptions for everyone else seem to be various last-minute amendments.
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#29not sure how to feel about this law in general. absolutely do not want me grand kids on twitter or facebook and me kids even more against it. but not sure how state can enforce and state should enforce. feel like 1984 book.
If it’s proven that is bad for them, I would not be so opposed. Same with alcohol or tobacco.
Driving is proven to be very dangerous but our government still encourages us to brave traffic every day.
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What makes lobbying to regulate your competitors out of existence neoliberal?
Further, what exactly does this have to do with capitalism? This is strictly a failure of government, and by extension the people.
It’s predatory incumbent firms and industries that seek to manipulate thru regulation, so it’s private sector first coming to utilize public sector for protections. So I’d say it’s pretty capitalist initially, and then a failing of government second.