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Well, all of those have specific rules written about them to except them from the default "no restrictions".

You can build a shovel and sell it. You can build a ceramic dish and sell it. You can print a book and sell it...



Right, there are plenty of things that have no restrictions.

Over the years once a thing was deemed a significant impact or safety concerns, restrictions were added to it.

Doing so for social media is very far from unprecedented.


Just like "unleashing it into the world" without safety studies is far from unprecedented — it is, actually, a default.




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