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minus-squareGeobloke@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoThe government is allowed to mess with cokes recipe because we don’t want it to be too bad for people’s health. I don’t see why we shouldn’t mess with algorithms to protect our personal and national health
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoWe do, but it’s a lot more difficult to enforce. We can’t just grab a tweet, open the bottle and check how much sugar is in there
minus-squareGeobloke@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·35 minutes agoHmmm, maybe if that bottle of sugar is undermining democracy it shouldn’t be allowed. A democracy needs to protect itself from itself
The government is allowed to mess with cokes recipe because we don’t want it to be too bad for people’s health. I don’t see why we shouldn’t mess with algorithms to protect our personal and national health
We do, but it’s a lot more difficult to enforce. We can’t just grab a tweet, open the bottle and check how much sugar is in there
Hmmm, maybe if that bottle of sugar is undermining democracy it shouldn’t be allowed. A democracy needs to protect itself from itself