Comment on Australia’s Social Media Ban Was Pushed By Ad Agency Focused On Gambling Ads It Didn’t Want Banned

• atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It is possible to be right for wrong reasons. Nothing prevents a general ban on gambling ads from moving forward since underage users might still see them.

  I can agree with what you’re saying but also say that this is more a case of the road to hell being paved with good intentions.

  They wanted to offload their responsibility as parents for enforcing parental controls for their children onto the internet at large, which puts the identities and PII of adults at risk in a way that is increasingly more dangerous. It also directly contributed to the erosion of our privacy.

  They also claim to be a grass roots movement and wouldn’t claim to be affiliated with a corporation (especially not one involved in gambling). That is an important distinction and they should have their feet put to the fire for it because either they knew and didn’t care, or they didn’t know and were manipulated.

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