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Re:EU opens child safety probes of Facebook and Instagram, c... by robertlagrant on Thursday May 16, 2024 @08:32AM (#40377533)
How can parents teach their kids not to eat sugar if they're constantly eating sugar?

You might be right about regulations of sugar, but regulations shouldn't just target companies individually. They should figure out the actual problem and try and regulate that.

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Re:EU opens child safety probes of Facebook and Instagram, c... by the_af on Thursday May 16, 2024 @08:51AM (#40377732)
Agreed on regulating the actual problem. But it seems the problem in practice is concentrated on a few big companies...
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Re:EU opens child safety probes of Facebook and Instagram, c... by robertlagrant on Thursday May 16, 2024 @08:55AM (#40377770)
That's also true for sugar. And sugar is massively subsidised. Brazil spends $2.5bn a year subsidising sugar[0], for example.

[0] https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/16/steel-sugar...

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Re:EU opens child safety probes of Facebook and Instagram, c... by the_af on Thursday May 16, 2024 @12:42PM (#40380405)
Agreed about sugar! If you look at my initial comment, I find it "not unlikely" that some sort of regulation could be enacted against sugary foods in the future.
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