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Re:Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children an... by integralid on Sunday November 23, 2025 @02:57PM (#46026765)
There's a large difference between banning strong alcohol ads, and instantly collapsing a whole huge advertisement economy (that indirectly funds most of the free things people take for granted).

Either I misunderstand something or I'm baffled how anyone can consider that easy.

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Re:Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children an... by array_key_first on Monday November 24, 2025 @09:17AM (#46034368)
Not easy per se, but definitely doable. It's a relatively new economy, there's no blood oath anywhere saying we have to allow it.

We've banned literally all tobacco ads and its... fine. I mean not for the tobacco company, but who cares?

I'm not gonna advocate making the world worse so some people stay employed. That's so counter productive. Who knows - maybe in a less shitty world, new jobs will emerge!

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