> Well-regulated advertising is important in helping consumers make informed purchasing decisions. Citation needed. This statement is just the pablum that peo

> Well-regulated advertising is important in helping consumers make informed purchasing decisions. Citation needed. This statement is just the pablum that people in the industry repeat to help assuage their guilt at what they are doing. I say this as someone who worked on ads for a company that had more than half of all US internet ad spend at the time.