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The EU wants to cure your teen’s smartphone addiction (www.politico.eu)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1521185

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Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230816124146/https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-social-media-teens-smartphone-addiction/

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[–] Adramis@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
  • The world: At war, on fire, collapsing before our eyes
  • The world's governments: Falling to fascism and right-wing insanity
  • People's rights: Slowly disappearing
  • Capitalism level: Late-stage
  • The future: Only going to get worse

But yeah, technology is why adolescents are unhappy.

[–] Ooops@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Only that it's not the governments falling to facism, but the voters. Manipulated by propaganda on a unheard-before level... via the web

It's not the rights getting somehow magically lost. It's a push by lobbyists wanting to have more control over their workers/clients/customers/whatever amd who pay millions on pushing false narratives and propaganda... via the web

Late-stage capitalism: Same, same...

But the web getting exploited to spread narratives and manipulating people on a scale never before possible is of course totally unrelated to the situation right now. 🤡

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