I know they allow scam adverts because it’s easy money, but why aren’t they held responsible for facilitating obvious scams? You open Edge, there’s 3 “Earn money quick” adverts. On Instagram, every 5 ads, one is a scam.

  • PR_freak@programming.dev
    42·
    2 years ago

    It is the law’s job to prevent and stop scams not of the platform that provides the advertising

    If I had a printing shop (not sure how is it called in English) should I be the one who checks that what is written on the handouts is legit? Heck no, I don’t have the means for that.

    • Vincent Adultman@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      You can’t print whole books if your costumer asks you to without having permission to do so, you would be a distributor. If you ask the question “if I do something illegal or harmful to someone, should I be taken responsibility?” you can get a better answer. You don’t need a third party to take ethical decisions for you. That’s the point of the thread, ad companies have knowledge about harmful ads and refuse to take them down.

      • PR_freak@programming.dev
        11·
        2 years ago

        What if I decide to print my own book? A book that has no copyright at all, should the print shop prevent me from doing so?

        As you (hopefully) can see a print shop has no job enforcing the law just as much as an advertiser has to

        Enforcing the law is for law enforcement

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
      21·
      2 years ago

      Yes.

      Any service you offer professionally should absolutely be reviewed for legality. If you didn’t have the means to comply with laws and regulations you shouldn’t be in business.

      And in the case of lots of these ads with malware, it would be like you printing poison ink on handouts, and saying you aren’t to blame.