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We've made laws against plenty of thing in the advertising world. - In Australia advertising cigarettes is illegal. - In New Zealand billboards are illegal.
by grecy 5y ago
We've made laws against plenty of thing in the advertising world.
- In Australia advertising cigarettes is illegal.
- In New Zealand billboards are illegal.
- In Australia there are very strict "truth in advertising laws" and breaking them has big penalties.
If we really care enough about this issue, we could absolutely make laws preventing certain dark patterns on the web. Given it seems likely that all commerce will move online in the next decade, it starts to be more important than those old modes of advertising I mentioned above.
- Mandatum 5y ago> In New Zealand billboards are illegal. Yeah right. Billboards are everywhere, not sure where you got that idea.
- dredmorbius 5y agoThere is or was a ban in Auckland, specifically. Few mentions online so I suspect it may have expired or been repealed, but it's mentioned in this 2012 Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/apr/20/ban-outdoor-advertising https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/apr/20/ban-ou... (Generally: respond to the points or assertions, if you have evidence of falsity, provide it. If you find a claim unsupported, request references.)
- dredmorbius 5y agoDo you have a cite for the NZ outdoor advertising ban? Best I can find (see down-thread) is one that applied in Auckland, though not the rest of the country. It's peculiarly little-referenced online, and I suspect has lapsed.
- totetsu 5y ago> New Zealand billboards are illegal. - yeah right.