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At least in Germany this would be illegal. There are no „disguised ads“ allowed in Germany at all.
by i5heu 1y ago
At least in Germany this would be illegal.
There are no „disguised ads“ allowed in Germany at all.
- babyshake 1y agoWhen something is constantly happening everywhere, it becomes more of a question of whether the law is enforceable whether than if it is "allowed".
- Glawen 1y agoIndeed, it's not allowed to not have a French translation in ads in France, yet now they put everything in english everywhere. When it is not enforceable, the law is meaningless and only blocks honest people.
- 3D30497420 1y agoAnd becomes a tool for selective enforcement.
- littlecranky67 1y agoShowing tracking-banners ("cookie banner") that hide their "reject all" somewhere in sub-menus of custom settings is also illegal in Germany (and the EU). Yet you see them everywhere.
- wokkel 1y agoOn US based sites mostly in my experience: privacy and user consent are pretty low on the priority list it seems.
- jt2190 1y agoThey don’t have YouTube “influencers” in Germany?
- LinXitoW 1y agoEvery kind of advertisement has to be disclosed, and generally is. Even just free gifts without any strings attached have to be clearly declared so.