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That sounds like contacting your MEPs could at least be worth it. Usually when it comes to things like this, the parties that I'd consider voting for already vote the way I'd like them to do.

(In this case it's even better - my country opposes, even though the governing parties are not mine.)



The original sin are ad-based social media.

Everyone (except China) failed to regulate that. So now we see overcorrection.

The solution is to regulate Meta and TikTok and YouTube. Until that is on the table we’ll get performative stupidity from both sides.


What impression of PRC social media do you have that makes you think the situation is different there?

In my experience it's a dumpster fire of consumerism and influencerism, and has just as much fake news as western media. It leaks into Taiwan constantly, especially when there's elections here.


> In my experience it's a dumpster fire of consumerism and influencerism, and has just as much fake news as western media

I was frankly going off the kids of business contacts I’ve met. But I’m realising they’re all wealthy—the kids of America’s rich are able to make eye contact, too, because their screen time is tightly regulated.




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