• mogranja@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Also, there are people who make money (or even just fake internet points) off of telling gullible people the opposite is true.

    They should be held accountable for what they claim online.

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      5 days ago

      And I mean someone who claims cigarettes don’t cause cancer are financially responsible if anyone who smokes a cigarette gets cancer. No need to prove they watched the channel or started smoking after seeing their video.

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        18 hours ago

        If you’re talking about YouTube, that place is already hell for video creators. Many organizations, like PragerU, were already funded by fracking companies to make their videos, and they’d have an easier time covering the costs, or convincing people or the government that something else caused the cancer. The internet needs a socialist overhaul, really, and I can’t find anything else that doesn’t spawn new problems.

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          4 hours ago

          Not specifically, also any and all social media. Influencers in general are a cancer on society