Should social media be regulated like tobacco?
Debate between a user and Bo Burnham on DebateAI.org
Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Should social media be regulated like tobacco?". Your opponent's style: Bo Burnham
AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.
Look, regulating social media like tobacco is absurd and here's why: tobacco kills you. Full stop. Social media doesn't. Nobody's died from scrolling Instagram. Yeah, sure, mental health struggles are real, but that's not the same as carcinogenic chemicals destroying your lungs. You're comparing apples to a pile of cigarette butts. Plus, tobacco regulation made sense because there's one clear culprit—nicotine. Social media? It's a tool. The algorithm, the design, the user, the content creators—you don't know where to regulate because you don't even know what the actual problem is. Banning it or taxing it doesn't fix anything. What's your actual argument here?
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