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Singapore: French teen who licked vending machine straw faces jail (www.bbc.com)
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[–] 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

I don't know about having to take anything bad. Social media needs more regulation.

IMO nuisance streamers should be fined on top of whatever sentence they receive, and so should the platform. The streamer should also be forcibly demonetized for a period of time commensurate to the offense.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago*

    ok, now I feel old, because that didn't immediately occur to me. but, yes--

    in fact, an entire legal framework should be set up to force reporting on exactly how much the account holder and the company each profited so that each can be adequately fined for this transgression. certainly the data exists because the calculation was made for the payout. therefore the records exist somewhere. the decades of failure in accountability falls to the legislature for failing to craft a sufficient legal framework for such accountability and then to the judiciary for then failing to hold the responsible parties accountable.

    at lea$t. in the United $tate$, it'$ pretty clear why that'$ the ca$e...

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