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Which law is that? Do you have a link to it?
by n1xis10t 10mo ago
Which law is that? Do you have a link to it?
- cookiengineer 10mo agoThe things I could find on justice.gov and other official websites, maybe there's more in the web archive? - https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/google-forfeits-500-million-generated-online-ads-prescription-drug-sales-canadian-online https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/google-forfeits-500-... - https://www.congress.gov/110/plaws/publ425/PLAW-110publ425.pdf https://www.congress.gov/110/plaws/publ425/PLAW-110publ425.p... - https://www.fda.gov/drugs/prescription-drug-advertising/prescription-drug-advertising-questions-and-answers https://www.fda.gov/drugs/prescription-drug-advertising/pres... edit: Oh it was very likely the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act that was the legal basis for the crackdown. But that's a very old law from the pre-internet age. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Food,_Drug,_and_Cosmetic_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Food,_Drug,_and_Cosmet... edit 2: Might not have been clear for the younger generation, but there was a huge wave of addicted patients that got treated with Oxycodone (or OxyContin) subscriptions at the time. I think that might have been the actual cause for the crackdown on those online advertisements, but I might be wrong about that.