I know they allow scam adverts because it’s easy money, but why aren’t they held responsible for facilitating obvious scams? You open Edge, there’s 3 “Earn money quick” adverts. On Instagram, every 5 ads, one is a scam.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Yeah. This is why we have things called regulations.

    When seatbelts and crumple zones and airbags and crash safety ratings became a thing, car manufacturers didn’t want to add any of that crap in, because, you know, it would cut into their profit margins. And then the government said “do it or you’re not allowed to sell cars”. And then all the manufacturers did it.

    Something similar can theoretically be done for advertising. But it probably won’t, because regulatory capture has been normalized.