• octopus_ink
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    7 months ago

    There have been numerous studies debunking links between violent video games and violence. This is the 80’s Satanic Panic all over again with a different wrapper and target.

    400 police failed them, not activision. Then they voted for the same leadership at the next election. It’s like everyone from the first responders onward just takes turns reacting to this shooting in head scratching ways.

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      7 months ago

      I’m not complaining about violent video games like some Christian boomer. I’ve played them all my life and have no issues with realistic violence.

      It’s the companies marketing them using data tracking and social media. Them getting directly connected to gun manufacturers through targeted ads is the issue. It’s exposing the mentality unstable to a barrage of targeted ads and pushing them down the crazy pipeline that social media has created.

      Meta needs to be held accountable and if it takes M$ and gun manufacturers with them all the better.

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        7 months ago

        Ah, I misunderstood the point you were making, I apologize for my assumptions.

        Much as I hate ads (and especially targeted ads which involve datamining by corporations), I’m still not convinced this is something that can win in court, but I do see the distinction you are drawing.