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In Canada political ads are regulated so that they must always clearly disclose who they were paid for and by what party. I think that's a good place to start w
by didibus 7y ago
In Canada political ads are regulated so that they must always clearly disclose who they were paid for and by what party. I think that's a good place to start which doesn't censor anything, but enforces disclosure.
> Allow all ads and let the people decide for themselves.
I think that's an argument for banning targeted ads? In a way, you can think of targeted ads as a form of censorship. I can't see what someone else does.
I wonder if censorship can go both ways? You can censor the message, but you can also argue that the listener can be censored.
- lern_too_spel 7y ago> In Canada political ads are regulated so that they must always clearly disclose who they were paid for and by what party. This is already the case in the US.
- didibus 7y agoOkay, I didn't know that. So political ads on say facebook show a disclaimer on them about who paid for it and by which party it was endorsed or not?
- lern_too_spel 7y agoYes. https://www.facebook.com/business/help/198009284345835?id=288762101909005 https://www.facebook.com/business/help/198009284345835?id=28... Same with social media accounts run by paid staffers (unless the staffers are paid by foreign entities, which was a big scandal in the last presidential election).
- didibus 7y agoI didn't know that, thanks for the info. I guess this is the article that has me confused: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-google-to-ban-political-ads-ahead-of-federal-election-citing-new/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-google-to-b...