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When Facebook exploits a child who has bad parents, there are two roots to the problem. If facebook thinks children with bad parents are fair game (they obviously do) then they are deeply immoral.


Define "deeply immoral". I'm sure we'll have different interpretations and so do many others (obviously). Completely disagree that there are two root problems. It's still one and that's the parents. Media and social companies are not obligated to tailor to bad parents.


I think you've been hitting the libertarian juice a bit too hard if you need somebody to explain why exploiting children is morally wrong.


Define "morally wrong". You're failing to understand that people with differing principles doesn't make yours any more 'correct'.

Getting mad at Facebook for allowing kids to perform in-app purchases is like getting mad at McDonalds for allowing kids to purchase junk food. Unless you of course think that McDonalds is "exploiting children" as well when parents take them in the restaurant, then we don't have much to debate here.


> Define "morally wrong".

Yeah, you hit that libertarian sauce way too hard. Stop worshiping money and relearn how to respect humans.


Thanks for sharing your perspective and beating around the bush.

Feel free to keep blaming corporations for bad parenting and lack of responsibility for their own children.

Would recommend that you start worshipping money yourself so you can buy yourself a better education. Maybe then you'll stop telling people how to live their lives in a way that tailors to ignorance.

Cheers.




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