Facebook’s causal mental health harm and a regulatory strategy (Comment to FTC)

Re:Facebook’s causal mental health harm and a regulatory str... by jmalicki on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @10:29PM (#27376594)

We do allow society input. They are called laws. A corporation must consider laws and the fines and punishments involved in its metrics.

In Facebook's case, they have repeatably been fined billions of dollars, but the gain more than the fine, so they continue.

There is no abstract principle that needs to be advanced here, just pass laws and set the punishments at a level to discourage them.

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Re:Facebook’s causal mental health harm and a regulatory str... by xg15 on Thursday June 03, 2021 @05:20AM (#27378820)

But that was just what GP suggested: passing laws. Just laws with a more specific granularity, acknowledging the specific externalities and societal impact a company produces.

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