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Your comment is very right, but the conclusion is very, very wrong. What do you think will cause regulation to happen more quickly: 1) Internet advertisers al
by candiodari 9y ago
Your comment is very right, but the conclusion is very, very wrong.
What do you think will cause regulation to happen more quickly:
1) Internet advertisers allowing scammy advertisements ?
2) Internet advertisers using their power for political aims and demonstrating it works for that ?
I think going for 2, as they inevitably do when they outlaw advertisements for almost any reason other than being outright forced by a court to do so, will make politicians see them (correctly or not) as an existential threat and get them regulated faster than you can say "machiavelli".
- pjc50 9y agoIt's too late for (2) - the huge extent of unregulated foreign lie-based advertising in the last US election makes some kind of backlash inevitable. (Domestic lie-based advertising is apparently fine in the US so long as the money is from the US)