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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by cwkoss on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @03:27PM (#34250988)
I am glad that regulation prohibits human trafficking, despite the 'loss of choice' business owners have as a result. Prohibition is never perfect, but there is certainly a lot less human trafficking than if the market was less 'authoritarian'.

In 70 years, I suspect people will view the ad/consumer surveillance industry much like we view the 1950s tobacco industry today.

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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by throw10920 on Monday January 09, 2023 @12:29PM (#34312963)
Your response to my comment is as irrelevant to the original one you posted.

I never said anything about "regulation being inherently bad" or "all regulation should be abolished". I certainly never said or implied anything remotely along the lines of "slavery-adjacent things should be legal".

Please make sure that your comments actually have a connection to the thing you're commenting on before posting them.

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