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cluckindanyesterday at 9:33 PM1 replyview on HN

It’s not even a debate if these controls are problematic. The litmus test is to mentally substitute the age field for an ancestry field and place the system in 1930’s Germany.

Coincidently, that system was provided by IBM.


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bluegattytoday at 12:16 AM

'Preventing children from buying guns is Nazism!'

Actually, this sentiment is a 'litmus test' for common sense.

We use age discrimination universally in all affairs, across the globe, across all cultures.

Of course the same thing is going to apply to 'content', it's just a lot harder and creates ugly externalizations.

It's a real problem, with no real solutions, at least not yet.