I mean, the industry itself was onboard with regulation this time. At least some of it.
It didn’t happen in the US because the US is basically in terminal gridlock at this point. The EU passed something.
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LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
It’s going to take us a solid decade to understand the mental health crisis that is unfolding from this shit. So many of us called for “common sense legislation” and “guardrails” only to be mocked as Luddites and shouted down.
I mean, the industry itself was onboard with regulation this time. At least some of it.
It didn’t happen in the US because the US is basically in terminal gridlock at this point. The EU passed something.
No it absolutely is and was not. They want to define what that is ESRB style at best. They have no intention of facing anything that could be perceived as resistance to their making unholy amounts of money.
alyaza@beehaw.org 1 week ago
someone on Bluesky analogized what is happening to how QAnon transpired for most people, which is that the crazification it was causing simmered under the surface until January 6, when it all publicly exploded and the influence it had over a non-trivial block of the population became undeniable. hard to disagree with that!
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
That’s a pretty spicy yet realistic take