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Political propaganda has no place on these advertising platforms. Deeper pockets shouldn't mean a louder voice on these matters.
by supermatt 5y ago
Political propaganda has no place on these advertising platforms. Deeper pockets shouldn't mean a louder voice on these matters.
- waffleiron 5y agoI agree, but sadly deeper pockets have always meant louder voice.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 5y agoThat does not mean we should offer megaphones to the most powerful, does it?
- zardo 5y agoIt does for the megaphone salesmen.
- sparksparkapach 5y agocapitalism dictates that we should offer it to the ones with enough capital to spare, nothing we should do about it then
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- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoJust more evidence that advertising is a huge net-negative on the world and should be abolished as far as I'm concerned.
- buo 5y agoRight. Ads should be limited to selling actual products or services.
- gunfighthacksaw 5y agoIs selling products or services not political propaganda in its own way?
- wil421 5y ago“Visit Thailand” is both selling services and propaganda. “Russian war is Ok” is a different kind of propaganda. It’s easy to see the difference between the two and online ad platforms should be able to make a reasonable distinction in most cases.
- itsoktocry 5y ago>“Russian war is Ok” is a different kind of propaganda. It’s easy to see the difference between the two As an American company, sure. I'm not sure it's that easy if you consider yourself a global company. There is support (or at least acceptance) for this invasion, including parts of Ukraine.
- npteljes 5y agoNo it couldn't make an easy distinction. Let's suppose someone sells stickers. A "Russian War Is Okay" sticker could be easily seen as propaganda. But expression often not direct. How about a simple white Z design?[0] Services and propaganda intertwine. Not that I'd like to defend those who profit from war. But content moderation is a really hard problem. [0] https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=z+russia https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=z+russia
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- LanceH 5y agoWe can close the door on free speech now that we have the numbers.
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- marricks 5y agoDo you also think the US army should stop running recruitment ads targeting teens? What about BP advertisements which are really just to get political support? What is political propaganda is a very… political question.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y ago> What is political propaganda is a very… political question. Good thing that's not the issue here. The issue is where it comes from. It can be political- I don't like that it's foreign. I don't think freedom of speech means letting known foreign propaganda run hog wild on your platforms and control your information.
- marricks 5y agoThis thread was about any political propaganda on Facebook, but if you want to narrow down the discussion... Some of us are old enough to remember when the US Intelligence community lied through NYTimes and NPR to drag us into the Iraq war. (Also the first Golf war. Also the Vietnam war.) If you only care about foreign propaganda you’re still going to have a lot of evil done. And given that the US is the worlds last super power our own internal propaganda machine is pretty important.
- Mordisquitos 5y ago>Do you also think the US army should stop running recruitment ads targeting teens? What about BP advertisements which are really just to get political support? I can't speak for the previous commenter, but I do not understand the implied complexity of bringing up those two examples. I would absolutely agree with removing them, just as much as removing propaganda ads from Chinese state media.
- marricks 5y agoMe too, I just don’t know if everyone else reading connects those dots.