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If Facebook wants to stop the spread of anti-vaxxers, it could start by not taking their ad dollars

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  1. [3]
    patience_limited
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    This is arguably a tech story. Nonetheless, health news, even from sources less dubious than Facebook bubbles, is a deep well of bad information. This article makes the point that if sketchy...

    This is arguably a tech story. Nonetheless, health news, even from sources less dubious than Facebook bubbles, is a deep well of bad information.

    This article makes the point that if sketchy people are renting your space, you're responsible for keeping up the neighborhood standards.

    2 votes
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      gyrozeppeli
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      The issue is how one would ever be able to verify that consistently. It would be a relentless game of cat and mouse. It's the same issue when people get upset at ads on youtube. They simply...

      The issue is how one would ever be able to verify that consistently. It would be a relentless game of cat and mouse. It's the same issue when people get upset at ads on youtube. They simply operate at a scale that it's impossible to verify every single ad being used.

      And that's not even getting into the can of worms of what is acceptable and what isn't when it comes to these kinds of ads.

      1 vote
      1. Cosmos
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        Just go back to the way traditional media works. Have it highly regulated who can buy ads and what can be put in those ads. This is how TV still works, right? Why can't facebook do the same?

        Just go back to the way traditional media works. Have it highly regulated who can buy ads and what can be put in those ads. This is how TV still works, right? Why can't facebook do the same?

        4 votes