Submitted 1 day ago by Beep@lemmus.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/02/09/tech/instagram-youtube-social-media-trial
How is this any different than any entertainment? The goal is to keep people watching and consuming. Music, television, streaming services and so on. How can you be harmed by this without willingly participating? If you are a teeb where are your parents?
In the end, maybe someone should sue the government for continually eroding education, because it seems to me that an educated parent and teen could at least understand what the products they are consuming are trying to do.
This isn’t going to be a win for us
Bet they going to try to use it as an excuse to require age verification. They want to collect everyone’s selfies and IDs for online accounts.
This is literally a stepping stone to all pressing everyone and that’s why I’m not going to accept it, especially not into the phony pretense we’re given
The real consequences didn’t even started after 10 years when they realizes it’s to late for their and their children psychology and intellegence that’s will hurt companies so much
Well considering it’s their PUBLIC BUSINESS PLAN, I don’t think you’re gonna have a hard time proving it.
Reddit addicted me for 12+ years. Sue them too.
Can you sue people for being assholes?
You can sue people for any reason in the world!
Can we do something about the literal fucking Nazis occupying our government first
This is the modern version of the Judas Priest backwards masking case.
How so? These companies are actively trying to make their platforms addictive. And it’s pretty well established at this point that social media is harmful to mental health, is it not? It’s a society and parenting issue as well, obviously, but that doesn’t mean these companies shouldn’t be regulated.
The Judas case was complete bullshit, however. The message was “do it”, wasn’t it? So even if it had been a purposeful subliminal message, it’s like saying Nike’s slogan is harmful. It’s silly.
And it’s pretty well established at this point that social media is harmful to mental health, is it not?
In the same way it was well established that heavy metal was harmful to mental health in the 80s. The moral panics of the 80s seem goofy to people today, but back then it was just as deadly serious and real as the magical mystery algorithms hacking and controlling our brains today.
The evil YouTube wizardry is currently recommending me videos about the Flax engine, Blender, Satisfactory, and old clips of Norm MacDonald. If it’s telling you to kill yourself, that’s because you’re asking it how to. It’s just matching keywords in videos: user watched video with keywords Einstein, gravity, and relativity therefor, recommend Einstein Oppenheimer clip, Kerbal Space Program review, and Sabine Hossenfelder video. Replace those keywords with nasty ass shit and you’re getting more nasty ass shit.
On Reddit, I always find it hilarious when people out themselves when they’re complaining about porn sites sending them some weird ass videos. “Oh man! I don’t understand why Pornhub keeps showing me videos of women being strangled!” No, no, you don’t understand but I sure as hell do.
“What’s the Ozman trying to say here, Nicky?”
“John, absolutely nothing. The blizzard always came straight with his messages. But wrap your minds around this, gentleman. Chicago.”
I command you in the name of Lucifer to spread the blood of the innocent!
“Whoa! Chicago kicks ass!”
skill issue, failed parenting, & cash grab
I’m certainly rooting for them, I hope this might be a first step in finding a way to regulate algorithms. I doubt that hope will be rewarded but got to have some.
This is a case where I wish we didn’t have a “jury of peers”. Most people don’t even know dompemine is a thing or it’s effects. Most people don’t know the effects a disfunctional family can cause.
No, I don’t understand them completely either. There are experts in these fields who have done valid research and run well documented studies to better understand these topics. They are who should determine this. No YouTube videos or a blog post don’t count. I mean actual real studies that stand up to scientific rigor.
I feel that YouTube/facebook played a part. But I want that to be true due to my inherit bias. I have no data or numbers to back that up. Experts probably do. There have likely been done studies about these things.
I know know there is a thing called a Skinner box but that was over 50 years ago and I’m sure we know more. That said I’d bet the average person on the street doesn’t even know that and shouldn’t be determining this case.
Ask your McDonald’s worker for something to release some dopamine after a long work day, based on their answer do you want them setting precedent on this topic?
Experts get bought, don’t forget smoking was healthy and prescribed for quite a long time
True, nothing is perfect.
If I need a life saving operation and given the choice of a Harvard graduate at random or a random person in time Square… I know who I would choose
OK the person from time square but that’s probably just my depression speaking.
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