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   Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 06:28:30 JST Mike Masnick ✅

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   • Stephen Cook
   • Matteo Nebbiai

   @sccook @matteonebbiai i swear, people need to STOP comparing *speech* to literal poisons.

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     Stephen Cook (sccook@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 06:28:32 JST Stephen Cook

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     • Matteo Nebbiai

     @matteonebbiai @mmasnick Hindsight is the most reliable way of assessing risk. That's how we did it with tobacco, leaded fuel, lead pipes for drinking water, radioactive watch dials, ...

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     Matteo Nebbiai (matteonebbiai@mastodon.uno)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 06:28:38 JST Matteo Nebbiai

     "I really wish we could fast forward a few decades to the point where we look back on the moral panic over kids and social media and laugh about it, the same way we now laugh about similar moral panics regarding television, Dungeons & Dragons, rock & roll music, comic books, pinball, chess, novels, and the waltz."
     @mmasnick
     https://www.techdirt.com/2023/10/25/states-all-gang-up-to-sue-meta-based-on-highly-questionable-theories-of-harm-to-children/