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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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