This is why Buckyballs were banned in the United States[1].
Just for clarity: what exactly "banned" means here? Is it illegal to produce them? To sell them on the territory of USA? To buy them? Is it ok for me as a USA citizen order them, say, from China? Would I be arrested if I was seen playing with a set of buckyballs in the Central Park?
The article mentions the problem that the product was labeled ‘Ages 13+’ which contradicts some guidelines that obligate to label such products as ‘Ages 14+’. Does that mean that Buckyballs can be simply relabeled with appropriate caption and continue to be selled?
What it actually means to "ban" something at all?
Like sure you can't talk about a few things or criticize the gov't, but I have better things to do anyways
Though the US isn't that bad - most of the time, what you said also applies...
That doesn't often work out so well.
Again, neither is my ideal, but greater freedom of speech wins for me every time (by a landslide).
For a while the manufacturer ignored those requests, until people decided they'd had enough and moved to ban them. By that time light touch regulation had clearly failed, so people weren't keen on giving the manufacturer much of a second chance.