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0 pointslotsofpulp3y ago0 comments

Would you have allowed America’s Funniest Home Videos?

Or sharing of videos on Youtube like this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Bit_My_Finger

Of course, when there was no money in it, it was easier to assume children were not being harmed or otherwise manipulated for the purpose of making the video.

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jstarfish3y ago

AFHC and the stations that aired it were at least accountable to the FCC (and advertisers) if things got weird. Advertisers knew what the show entailed.

There is no such licensing or enforcement mechanism for amateur online content creators (except 2257), and the "stations" are absolved of any complicity (230). Advertisers have little idea what content they're sponsoring since content delivery is a shell game. Creators can pivot from toy unboxing videos to dildo recommendations mid-stream without any oversight.

It took upstream payment processors going rogue to force compliance with 2257, because apparently we don't have a functional government to enforce its own laws anymore. The situation is not at all the same.

lotsofpulpOP3y ago

Yes, so I would think the first solution is proper enforcement of existing laws.