I Have Cancer. Now My Facebook Feed Is Full of ‘Alternative Care’ Ads
Wouldn&#x27;t it be nice if facebook took proper responsibility for what they publish in exchange for money.<p>When snake-oil damages someone when it was advertised by facebook, facebook, who took the money to diseminate the harm are liable for that.<p>The other thing worth noting is that the hugely successful internet advertising campaigns, eg Tesla, who have a brand now comparable to Mercedes, paid facebook, google et al. precisely $0 to achieve that. Unless you are selling snake-oil, it would seem internet advertising is something to avoid.<p>I think if everyone had to take direct responsibility for the advertising they publish, quality newspapers would be more profitable and facebook &amp; google very, very much less dominant. Would it make the world a nicer, kinder place? Dunno. I say it&#x27;s worth running the experiment.