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> When you serve a page to a user, you are responsible (morally and legally) for what happens on the user's computer. Ad network serves up malicious code? Your
by andygates 10y ago
> When you serve a page to a user, you are responsible (morally and legally) for what happens on the user's computer. Ad network serves up malicious code? Your fault.
Morally, absolutely, but has it been tested legally? I can see sites weaselling out by saying that they trusted their ad networks to do good, etc, etc, and nobody learning from it.
- AndrewStephens 10y agoAs far as I know, it has not been tested legally but I would hate to be the defendant as the plaintive's lawyer displayed a screenshot of the page that damaged their client's computers with my URL displayed at the top.