▲ 278 ▼ Why is Google still serving dodgy ads? (www.atomic14.com) submitted 20 hours ago by handnutaschnitte@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 54 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 24 points 17 hours ago (4 children) Because the US refuses to regulate tech permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children) But why won't any other country do it either? Or are these ads only displaying to US IP addresses? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 13 points 12 hours ago (1 child) Because the US is aggressive towards countries that try. Also the companies are so large that they can exclude an entire country from their services. A smaller country can take Facebook to court and might get a settlement but only a us court can truely punish them. With jail, breaking them up, law changes affecting their main customer base etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Australis13@fedia.io 4 points 12 hours ago Exactly. Case in point: https://lemmy.zip/post/71167170 permalink fedilink source parent [–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -1 points 12 hours ago even if they did try to regulate this it wouldn't go away unless the regulations were completely overhanded. Those ads aren't ran by reputable buisness so thry probably wouldn't be affected by getting banned anyways. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children) But why won't any other country do it either? Or are these ads only displaying to US IP addresses? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 13 points 12 hours ago (1 child) Because the US is aggressive towards countries that try. Also the companies are so large that they can exclude an entire country from their services. A smaller country can take Facebook to court and might get a settlement but only a us court can truely punish them. With jail, breaking them up, law changes affecting their main customer base etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Australis13@fedia.io 4 points 12 hours ago Exactly. Case in point: https://lemmy.zip/post/71167170 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 13 points 12 hours ago (1 child) Because the US is aggressive towards countries that try. Also the companies are so large that they can exclude an entire country from their services. A smaller country can take Facebook to court and might get a settlement but only a us court can truely punish them. With jail, breaking them up, law changes affecting their main customer base etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Australis13@fedia.io 4 points 12 hours ago Exactly. Case in point: https://lemmy.zip/post/71167170 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Australis13@fedia.io 4 points 12 hours ago Exactly. Case in point: https://lemmy.zip/post/71167170 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -1 points 12 hours ago even if they did try to regulate this it wouldn't go away unless the regulations were completely overhanded. Those ads aren't ran by reputable buisness so thry probably wouldn't be affected by getting banned anyways. permalink fedilink source parent