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anonymarsyesterday at 11:57 AM1 replyview on HN

Cigarettes and their externalities are analogous and that's discussed over here

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47419870

I don't believe the argument was that personalized algorithmic recommendations need be forbidden per se, but that doesn't mean that should be the default, nor that companies should be able to wash their hands (under section 230) of what they promote


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fluoridationyesterday at 4:54 PM

Like the other person said, cigarettes are not illegal. Are we really going to pretend that whatever harm TikTok causes is comparable to lung cancer?

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