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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.

>>apprec+(OP)
So it’s just “programmatic advertising” that should be banned and not self hosted advertising by an internal sales team?

>>scarfa+51
No, that should be banned as well.

>>apprec+(OP)
Something like the dearly departed Equal Time Doctrine, but more expansive across all politocal comms might be a sufficient detergent.

>>anjel+05
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”?

>>apprec+(OP)
Animated LED billboards are the worst :(

>>JustEx+p5
If you did, would Fox News be a going concern? Could R. Limbaugh have even tried? Friction isn't just for dark patterns.

>>anjel+cr
So now you’re okay with the government telling every single publisher that they must publish content they don’t agree with?

The Fairness Doctrine was only for broadcast TV under the theory that the people owned the airwaves. Also this is not 1980. Anyone can get worldwide distribution of their ideas out.

>>scarfa+51
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.

>>mrguyo+8h4
You can ignore it - it’s called an ad blocker.