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It was almost always manipulation; recall all the old cigarette ads featuring doctors.
by frostburg 8y ago
It was almost always manipulation; recall all the old cigarette ads featuring doctors.
- elcomet 8y agoThis is more a lie than a manipulation (and is punished by law, at least in some country). But you are right that even without targeting, ads could hurt people.
- frostburg 8y agoThat's now illegal in many countries (not that tactic, just advertising for cigarettes). Faking legitimacy by implication of (spurious) association with something seen as trustworthy is unfortunately entirely legal, as far as I know.