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If users are compelled to view ads than websites should be liable if those ads violate privacy laws or distribute malware.
by benoau 1y ago
If users are compelled to view ads than websites should be liable if those ads violate privacy laws or distribute malware.
- freilanzer 1y agoThat's a very good point.
- iamacyborg 1y agoIf they’re using a dynamic auction mechanism then you can fairly safely assume they’re violating European privacy laws.
- csdreamer7 1y agoDepending on the jurisdiction; they are.
- ndriscoll 1y agoOr funnel to fraud/scammers. But ad companies and publishers should be liable for those things regardless. The choice to "scale" by not vetting any of their business partners is theirs.
- b3lvedere 1y agoMy infrastructure is my infrastructure. If i choose not to pass certain data, then that is my decision. There is no way in which i can be forced to pass through certain data on it. Contracts and TOS may require access to certain data locations in order to function correctly, but this does not absolve them from enforcing it. Sorry, but my current DNS resolver does not work very well with certain data points that just want to show me ads :)
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- Mindwipe 1y agoIn Germany they would be.