We Need Product Safety Regulations for Social Media - Scientific American
As social media more frequently exposes people to brutality and untruths, we need to treat it like a consumer product, and that means product safety regulations
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As social media more frequently exposes people to brutality and untruths, we need to treat it like a consumer product, and that means product safety regulations
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