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chuckles while seeing this posted on Hacker News, meanwhile a "Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!" message appears at the bottom i
by amazingamazing 2y ago
chuckles while seeing this posted on Hacker News, meanwhile a "Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!" message appears at the bottom
in any case, ads are speech, and speech is protected. funny seeing this litigated over and over again here. it's actually concerning how many people on here want to ban speech because it's paid for.
- INTPenis 2y agoHardly the type of intrusive advertising that sparked these discussions.
- amazingamazing 2y agofunny enough, it's in the eye of the beholder.
- INTPenis 2y agoEverything is but I think if we're to generalize then plastering an entire square in billboards and having a tiny text at the bottom of a very simple HTML page are two wildly different things.
- amazingamazing 2y agonot really. you could argue that if you're 2-3 feet from a monitor the text on the bottom of a full screen HN page takes more of your vision than a billboard 500ft away.
- danielam 2y agoIt is largely in the intent of the advertiser.
- the_other 2y agoHow do you encode that in law such that it won't be abused?
- INTPenis 2y agoThat's a challenge I'd leave for much smarter people than me. But it is a good point. If this were to make it into law then we need some sort of threshold.
- kelseyfrog 2y agoUnprotect corporate speech.