> this idea of making advertising illegal is just a non-starter. It goes against the basic tenants of freedom of speech. FWIW, that’s not entirely accurate. Th

> this idea of making advertising illegal is just a non-starter. It goes against the basic tenants of freedom of speech. FWIW, that’s not entirely accurate. The tenets of free speech include a long list of exceptions. In the US, commercial speech and specifically advertisements do not necessarily have free speech protections, by design, especially when it comes to false advertising, misleading advertising, and anything else ads might have that is on the list of exceptions including IP, defamation, and false statements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions#Commercial_speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exce...