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Re:Europe is in danger of regulating its tech market out of ... by bamboozled on Friday July 26, 2024 @07:59PM (#41083430)
It doesn’t help there are algorithms designed to keep them looking at things that aren’t great for them to be looking at though does it. Can you provide an example in the past wheee this has existed before outside of big tech ?
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Re:Europe is in danger of regulating its tech market out of ... by shermantanktop on Sunday July 28, 2024 @08:18PM (#41097030)
I wasn’t arguing that this was just as bad before. It’s clearly all made worse and accelerated by social media calling engagement and ad dollars above all.

Historically the victims of contagion have been oldsters in a moral panic. This time I think it is actually true - there’s a mind virus loose.

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