New York wants social media to carry tobacco-style health warnings

https://www.techspot.com/news/110761-social-media-faces-tobacco-style-health-warnings-new.html

17 Comments

  1. fulthrottlejazzhands on

    Good.  Social media should have warnings and disclaimers when opening a site around the dangers of social media.

  2. I don’t understand why alcohol gets the free pass. I mean I know it is ingrained in our culture (I mean this on a world wide level) as a species, but it’s just crazy to me how much it gets a free pass

  3. WARNING: *The emotions and technology you bind together into a sense if reality may in fact be contributing directly to the downfall of that reality. Use it at your neighbors risk.*

  4. Go FULL tobacco.

    No one under 18.

    This shit is fucking digital cancer and if the companies aren’t going to admit they’re selling poison… Something needs to be done to prevent kids from getting addicted and turning their brains to mush.

  5. ImpossibleShoulder29 on

    I don’t think the warnings are what broke smoking cigarettes in the US. Banning smoking indoors did the job, because it stigmatized the users. Being outside of the bar during a snowstorm to get a fix would make me want to quit.

  6. AttentionNo6359 on

    Ok, but can we stop pretending these do anything? People will still sign up in droves and let their kids use it. If anything, all this does is give social media companies something to point to in court the next time they get sued.

  7. States should also make it illegal to give medical advice if your not a medical doctor similar to giving legal advice if you’re not a lawyer. So many dimwits giving medical advice on social media.

  8. Imagine a pop-up people close out of habit. Over time, they keep adding things they’re actually doing to us. Legally it’s fine because they told us. Imagine that, but now.