The online world makes it harder than ever to protect people from themselves
<p>One of the most controversial issues for society is to what extent certain activities such as gambling and others should be banned, given their demonstrably harmful effects on people prone to addiction.</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaming_law" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Gambling is enormously difficult to regulate</a> and subject to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_in_the_United_States" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">infinite variations from country to country and territory to territory</a>. The main reason is that it involves finding the balance between the rights of individuals to do certain things that in themselves are not necessarily harmful, and society’s desire to protect them from themselves. Those in favor of protecting individual freedoms tend to view laws restricting such activities as interference, while those who suffer the effects of the addictions they trigger tend to demand more protection.</p>
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