i haven't looked at the site in a decade, strange people still like that slop
Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation
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Re: Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation
#272You’re either an open platform or you’re not. Why can Meta run fake ads of my prime minister or the CBC to front scams with no due process, but for this they can use their judgement to block? I know they’re an American company and my complaints are Canadian, but the double standard stinks.
You can't expect a company to support you in directly hurting them. This reminds me of a guy I know that sued his bank regarding a loan, but he used a terrible lawyer. The bank pretty quickly took their own action, including stopping all payments from his account (as they claimed that the money was theirs).
The bank stole his money, claiming it was theirs? That’s a surprisingly strong action considering there’s no way that could hold up in court…right?
Re: Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation
#273Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can't expect a company to support you in directly hurting them. This reminds me of a guy I know that sued his bank regarding a loan, but he used a terrible lawyer. The bank pretty quickly took their own action, including stopping all payments from his account (as they claimed that the money was theirs).
It's not any company, its Meta and the channels they administrate come with a set of responsibilities and principles, and one such is not to break these by arbitrary, willful removal of totally legal ads.
> It's not any company, its Meta and the channels they administrate come with a set of responsibilities and principles
Sorry, which laws stipulate these special responsibilities and principles?
Re: Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation
#274Earlier quoted context omitted.
The words "scale back to" are vague, but I'm struggling to think of any current global problems that weren't at least exacerbated by social media.
Then you need to think a little harder. You have one thing on your mind - "social media bad" - and it is poisoning your ability to see the complexity in the world. There is rarely a single cause for anything, and there is never a single cause for everything.
Go ahead and name one then. I have this feeling you won't.
Re: Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation
#275The really hilarious thing about Gmail is: there have been at least two class-action lawsuit announcements, that are totally legitimate from the legit senders, regarding a settlement with Google in some regard. Each of the messages has been duly sent directly to my spambox on Gmail.
It would seem that Google and Gmail have a distinct COI in regards to delivering messages about these lawsuits to their victims/plaintiffs.
It is like the USPS losing a lawsuit and "losing" your mail about it...