Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban on youth social media

Re:Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban o... by john01dav on Saturday January 31, 2026 @07:48PM (#46842520)

> I think the disturbing reality is these countries are wanting to control social media to control the population politically

The current alternative is that unaccountable private interests control this, so some regulation in this regard seems reasonable to me. However, swapping private control for public control is only barely better.

The best solution that I can think of is ending algorithmic feeds, and having subscription feeds, or maybe user curated feeds, only.

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Re:Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban o... by roughly on Saturday January 31, 2026 @07:59PM (#46842584)

I think moving algorithmic feeds out of section 230 would do the trick. Once you’re curating the feed, you’re no longer a neutral platform.

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Re:Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban o... by traktorn on Sunday February 01, 2026 @07:48AM (#46845872)

This is the best idea I’ve heard in a long time. This would solve so much.

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Re:Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban o... by direwolf20 on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @06:56AM (#46869868)

Could already be argued it's not, right? The post is from another user, and the platform isn't liable for hosting it, but the feed is from the platform and the platform can be held liable for it.

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