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This is incorrect, a common "gotcha" from carnists.
Sugar as a product is mainly of two types: (sugar)cane sugar and beet sugar. Beet sugar doesn't use bones during refining. The US also has an USDA Organic label for cane sugar which should be bone free.
For Americans: https://ordinaryvegan.net/nutrition/vegansugar/ and https://www.peta.org/faq/are-animal-ingredients-included-in-white-sugar/
And, yes, there are plant-based alternatives for cow bones in that process.
There are also other sugars, perhaps more heavy on the fructose side, from other plants. Famously for the US: corn syrup.
It's not incorrect. Of course there are plant-based alternatives, but beet sugar is only like a third of white sugar, and activated charcoal sugar is an even smaller fraction.
Last I checked, cane sugar refined using bone char was a small minority of world sugar production. If you want to claim that "most" table sugar is not vegan, then you need to back that claim with some evidence. This is not a place to spread misinformation.
You're providing no references, no context, no phrasing. Whoever gave you an upvote must've been high on something.