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Re:Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media... by seydor on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @03:58PM (#47522370)
Perhaps we need more social activism (remember that?) to stop people falling into this kind of addiction. I remember anti-drugs campaigning , they were everywhere. Phone addictions are not taken nearly as seriously.
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Re:Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media... by dymk on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @06:15PM (#47524006)
Using the war on drugs as an example as a successful social movement is kinda hilarious
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Re:Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media... by gzread on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @07:18PM (#47524589)
People still generally think drugs are bad, don't they? And only the ones that were included in the war on drugs (not nicotine, alcohol, caffeine)? So it was a success.
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Re:Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media... by dymk on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @08:31PM (#47525266)
> People still generally think drugs are bad, don't they?

No

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Re:Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media... by xigoi on Thursday March 26, 2026 @09:11AM (#47530013)
> There were high levels of agreement that drugs are a problem in Irish society: 88% of respondents agreed that drug-related crime is a major problem in Ireland, and 87% agreed that the availability of illegal drugs poses a great threat to young people nowadays.

https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27213/

> Only 22 percent of respondents said they would be willing to work closely on a job with a person with drug addiction compared to 62 percent who said they would be willing to work with someone with mental illness.

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2014/study-public-feels-more-ne...

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