alt Hacker NewsCensorship is not a solution. Instead, companies, whose messages are misleading, could pay a fine for their misleading message. Otherwise, you end up in 1984...sorry, I mistyped "UK in 2026".
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pjc50 • yesterday at 1:13 PM
I'd be cool fining Meta 1% of global revenue for every fraudulent ad on their platform.
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tw04 • yesterday at 12:58 PM
A fine doesn’t undo a lie that’s already made it around the world.
Although given Brexit I’d question how useful the ASA actually is. It seems Russian funded politicians were free to spew endless lies at the average citizen with no repercussions.
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direwolf20 • yesterday at 2:19 PM
That's literally censorship though. If you get fined for saying a thing, you are being censored.
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No.
You avoid having companies, who can swallow the bill, making whatever claims they like without having to much to worry about other than a slap on the wrist - Their claims are already out. J&J, P&G, Unilever et al - you may trust them to do the right thing, i don't.