I might be biased because my mom fell victim to snake oil weight loss treatments on the Internet that sent her to hospital. Some of these advertisements are for

I might be biased because my mom fell victim to snake oil weight loss treatments on the Internet that sent her to hospital. Some of these advertisements are for 'medicines' that are so aggressive and lacking in proper dosage practices that they can cause permanent/chronic damage. The dose maketh the poison, and with little oversight these advertisers specialize in peddling poisons with little accountability. I'm inclined to believe this is a net positive, honestly. Think about how this can affect: * Less tech savvy and skeptical people. * People who don't understand medicine well. * Different geos that are harder to monitor for safety violations and false advertisement. This stuff is huge in Latin America -- does Pinterest really have the bandwidth to monitor these ads in all their geos? What about different legalities by geo? * People with eating disorders whose user experience is degraded by this kind of advertisement. Etcetera. Facebook gets constantly lambasted for their poor moderation -- this is a healthier pre-emptive attitude than theirs, I think.