Comment by appreciatorBus

2 months ago

The point is that advertising and propaganda are indistinguishable. Going door-to-door to talk about Jesus is the same as going door-to-door to talk about vacuums, but neither is anything like roadside billboards or programmatic advertising. We can ditch the billboards and the programmatic advertising and get a better world, even if some advertisers and propagandists still go door-to-door. At least when it’s door-to-door the advertiser/propagandist has to really work for it, and you have the option of just not opening the door.

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anjel  2 months ago

Something like the dearly departed Equal Time Doctrine, but more expansive across all politocal comms might be a sufficient detergent.

  • JustExAWS  2 months ago

    If I publish a website of my views, do I have to publish opposing views? Do religious channels and sites have to publish pro choice opinions? Do you have to publish opposing views about vaccines that they cause autism? Do you also have to give equal time to people who believe the “election was stolen”?

scarface_74  2 months ago

So it’s just “programmatic advertising” that should be banned and not self hosted advertising by an internal sales team?

  • mrguyorama  2 months ago

    If I have to seek it out, say a product catalog or a website, it really isn't marketing or advertising.

    The "problem" is that everything is vying for our attention because the internet made it vastly cheaper for any random joe blow to force a set of pixels in front of our faces.

    That's the distinction. If I can't ignore it, then it shouldn't be legal. Companies should have no right to my attention.