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Ahh, but advertising is strictly regulated..... Posted by Mike Lynch [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: My question about that is...., SaabHubby, Thu, 2 Feb 2006 18:17:17 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Your not putting a two line item buried deep in the paper, there is obviously no credibility to be trusted in that, but when you use a sophisticated digital tools with descriptions and photographs to represent something or publicly display detials of stolen items, then yes it should be regulated like display advertising in the newspaper is. Any of my automobile ads must follow strict regulations.
Perhaps you are correct that it is not the medium like Ebay, or a newspaper that should be held accountable, but maybe like cigarette advertising or automobile advertising there could be some guidelines for truth. Perhaps there are standard disclaimers that need to required about authenticity and ownership. The medium has a duty to at least be diligent that their advertisers conform to the rules and laws.
I think we have virgin territory, digital issues our forefathers and lawmakers never imagined, but I can't support the "therefore hands of it's a free market" let the market do it approach. It is in a limited way sometimes the governments duty to regulate and protect us from ourselves.
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