Source: https://mastodon.social/@glyph/117228260609553929

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@glyph@mastodon.social: okay I have successfully avoided responding to any of these directly but after having seen like the TENTH post today saying something like “we don’t need to convince you to like AI, the revolution is coming whether you like it or not” I just have to reply, generally, to this whole sentiment: OKAY THEN. IF WE ARE GETTING LEFT BEHIND THEN LEAVE US BEHIND, ALREADY

  • MrVilliam@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    51·
    12 days ago

    I’ve been seeing ads like “don’t believe the propaganda about data centers. They add important jobs, bring tax revenue, they don’t pollute as much as people say and they’re actually pretty quiet” and I’m like, oh cool, so you can just straight up fucking lie in political ads now. Real cool world we have here.

    • volore@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
      281·
      12 days ago

      so you can just straight up fucking lie in political ads now

      Now, I could be wrong, but uh… hasn’t that always been the case?

        • ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlEnglish
          14·
          12 days ago

          When consumers see or hear an advertisement, whether it’s on the Internet, radio or television, or anywhere else, federal law says that ad must be truthful, not misleading, and, when appropriate, backed by scientific evidence. The FTC enforces these truth-in-advertising laws, and it applies the same standards no matter where an ad appears – in newspapers and magazines, online, in the mail, or on billboards or buses.

          https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/topics/truth-advertising

          I’m pretty sure the fairness doctrine was for giving equal time on tv or radio. We’re more talking about lies told in paid advertisements.