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I'll play devils advocate here, but to me this doesn't sound like meta is saying take us to court over your ability to not advertise. It sounds like they were

I'll play devils advocate here, but to me this doesn't sound like meta is saying take us to court over your ability to not advertise. It sounds like they were likely required to place the notice saying that you could take them to court over this. Maybe I missed some other information?

gndk 3y ago
Hmm possible, but I haven't heard of any such regulation or court decision. I guess something like that would have made bigger news. Like some other commenters mentioned, this is actually helpful for affected people/businesses because they might not know that they have legal recourse against Meta's decision. But still sad that they are not able to handle the whole appeals process better.
- SyrupThinker 3y ago
  You said before that you are acting as a business here, so I don’t think these apply, but just to mention it. (1) A trader who maintains a website or uses terms and conditions shall, […] 1. […] inform consumers of the extent to which it is willing or obliged to take part in dispute resolution procedures before a consumer conciliation body […] I imagine there is equivalent legislation for B2B, this one applies to consumer matters. Or maybe the notice is a catch-all for exactly this law. DE: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/vsbg/BJNR025410016.html#BJNR025410016BJNG000800000 https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/vsbg/BJNR025410016.html#B... EN: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_vsbg/englisch_vsbg.html#p0211 https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_vsbg/englisch_vs...
cyanydeez 3y ago
Remember, Facebook ran ads in 2016 that likely violated tons of American laws regarding political targeting. All I see here is the: if you really think you're not violating the law, present that in your jurisdiction. Facebook is in so many countries that they aren't going to spend millions on lawyers to back up their policies. So they do the most conservative analysis possible and let the advertisers do the rest. I can't imagine any other way if you want to reduce liability.
- ghusto 3y ago
  > I can't imagine any other way if you want to reduce liability. Wild _crazy_ idea — it's really out there, but hear me out: You do as much business as you can do properly; support et al.
  - cyanydeez 3y ago
    Sorry man, we are talking about advertising, not child molestation.

gndk 3y ago

Hmm possible, but I haven't heard of any such regulation or court decision. I guess something like that would have made bigger news. Like some other commenters mentioned, this is actually helpful for affected people/businesses because they might not know that they have legal recourse against Meta's decision. But still sad that they are not able to handle the whole appeals process better.

SyrupThinker 3y ago
You said before that you are acting as a business here, so I don’t think these apply, but just to mention it. (1) A trader who maintains a website or uses terms and conditions shall, […] 1. […] inform consumers of the extent to which it is willing or obliged to take part in dispute resolution procedures before a consumer conciliation body […] I imagine there is equivalent legislation for B2B, this one applies to consumer matters. Or maybe the notice is a catch-all for exactly this law. DE: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/vsbg/BJNR025410016.html#BJNR025410016BJNG000800000 https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/vsbg/BJNR025410016.html#B... EN: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_vsbg/englisch_vsbg.html#p0211 https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_vsbg/englisch_vs...

cyanydeez 3y ago

Remember, Facebook ran ads in 2016 that likely violated tons of American laws regarding political targeting. All I see here is the: if you really think you're not violating the law, present that in your jurisdiction. Facebook is in so many countries that they aren't going to spend millions on lawyers to back up their policies. So they do the most conservative analysis possible and let the advertisers do the rest. I can't imagine any other way if you want to reduce liability.

ghusto 3y ago
> I can't imagine any other way if you want to reduce liability. Wild _crazy_ idea — it's really out there, but hear me out: You do as much business as you can do properly; support et al.
- cyanydeez 3y ago
  Sorry man, we are talking about advertising, not child molestation.