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SpankMe

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9. Why haven't we herd form the other social media companies?
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 07:31 PM
Aug 2025

Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Truth Social (yuck), Instagram, Threads, Reddit, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Telegram, Tumblr, Discord, Quora, Twitch - plus other foreign-owned media. What about Signal and messaging apps? Other gaming platforms, like Roblox, Steam and Minecraft?

This law really foments chaos. If you think about it shuts down 70% of the internet for a majority of users. There's no way this protects children.

One kid commits suicide in MS and they virtually ban the internet. 30,000-plus people die each year by gun violence, and they do nothing.

If anyone thinks Republicans aren't depraved, they're not paying attention.

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