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Terr_today at 8:27 PM2 repliesview on HN

It's interesting to imagine how the world would be different, if internet advertising giants were partially liable for scams/malware that they facilitate.


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asdefghyktoday at 8:37 PM

I recall a articale I read "somewhere" that reported the Facebook makes big profit (Billions) from scams. So they have no ( or no strong motive) motive to shut such scams down

An example is courtcase against Meta for using a Australians mining billionares likeness to promote a crypo investment scam.

https://www.afr.com/technology/dad-it-s-a-fraud-call-that-sp...

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izacustoday at 9:44 PM

Imagine how world would be different if the actual scammers and malware creators would be prosecuted and not insteead demanded that internet giants play a privatized police force.

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