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Comment by stale2002

5 days ago

> Cigarette companies are not legally liable for the consequences their users encounter.

Ok! But they do have to follow a bunch of extra laws that cost them a ton of money and/or users.

Therefore the same can apply to social media algorithm companies.

The one extreme example, is just like cigarettes, there could be 18+ age verification for social media. There a big deal.

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