Getting rid of data brokers wouldn't solve *all* our problems, but it sure would go a long way to solving *many* of them. Rather than legally requiring platforms to spy on kids (to exclude them from being targeted by platforms' algorithms), we could prohibit platforms from spying on *anyone*, including kids, meaning kids couldn't be identified (much less targeted) by algorithms or ads:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/23/destroy-the-village/#to-save-it
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Cory Doctorow
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