What If We Made Advertising Illegal?
What If We Made Advertising Illegal?
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What If We Made Advertising Illegal?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/309211
5 comments
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Everyone would be happier
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It would be a much better world
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It sounds like a good idea, but I’m not sure how efficiently it could be enforced. If a photo of someone wearing a certain brand of clothes is in a news article, does that count as advertising for that clothing brand? What if the news article goes viral?
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I'd also think it would be better to create rules and regulations that are as clear cut as possible and almost impossible to circumvent.
Go after billboards first. I can turn off the TV and avoid websites that have too many ads. I should be able to ignore advertisements in the public space. Clear size limits, don't allow structures that will only be used for this specific purpose, etc.
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I'm mainly concerned with paid for, intentional advertising, but yes, if there's an obvious brand logo in a news article's image, then it should be censored in some way, even if it's just blurred out.
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