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Re:Brazil's Supreme Court clears way to hold social media li... by russdill on Monday June 30, 2025 @07:25PM (#44428991)
All this does if make things worse. Things like banning the sale of personal information would be a step in the right direction.
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Re:Brazil's Supreme Court clears way to hold social media li... by andrekandre on Monday June 30, 2025 @07:55PM (#44429189) 

  > Things like banning the sale of personal information would be a step in the right direction.
it really seems like its the business model that is the real issue. especially with regards to algorithms favoring "engagement" which leads to promotion of rage-baiting and concern-trolling among many other pathological contents.
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Re:Brazil's Supreme Court clears way to hold social media li... by infotainment on Monday June 30, 2025 @07:55PM (#44429191)
I suspect social media's biggest problems (engagement bait, brainrot, echo chambers, etc), would generally not be fixed even with a ban on sale of personal data.
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