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Most sane countries forbid medicine/drug ads by law.
by Zopieux 7y ago
Most sane countries forbid medicine/drug ads by law.
- punnerud 7y agoNorway also ban: Alcohol, smoke, gaming, all ads to children, all gun related, not allowed to count points in games before children are 13, credit card loans, all health related than can’t show scientific benefit..
- mrep 7y ago> Norway also ban: Alcohol, smoke, gaming Gaming, as in like video games and board games are banned? Seriously?
- sk0g 7y agoI am fairly certain they mean gaming as in gambling. Would be a bit weird to ban video game ads, surely?
- mehh 7y agoHard gaming vs Soft gaming
- robin_reala 7y agoScandinavian translation difficulty: the word for a gambling game here is ‘spel’ or game (at least in Swedish), a video game is a ‘datorspel’ or computer game.
- punnerud 7y agoMy typo - Should be gambling and all games involved money. The only one allowed is governmental and all the profit from that game go back to sports for kids, and “they” are closely monitoring that you don’t get gambling addicted to that game by forcing you to only play with a personal ID.
- ctz 7y agoIt's common usage in US English. eg, https://gaming.nv.gov/ https://gaming.nv.gov/ do not regulate video games.
- adrianhel 7y agoNo. Gambling ads are not allowed though. Neither alcohol or smoking are banned, but ads for them are.
- 6502nerdface 7y ago> not allowed to count points in games before children are 12 So it's illegal in Norway for my 12-year-old cousin to beat my highscore in Pacman?
- bencollier49 7y agoI recently visited the US for a conference. The moment I landed, I started getting medicine adverts on websites. It was rather jarring.
- tripzilch 7y agoGotta be prepared. It's like, if you go to Australia you have to wear sunblock. If you go to the USA, wear adblock.