Re:TikTok explains its ban on political advertising
by afiori on Monday October 14, 2019 @09:29AM
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But there is a difference between advertising and propaganda/activism.
Printing a book that brings you to an understanding of a political idea [1] is one thing. Passively sticking your posters on other people books (after paying) is another.
Propaganda gets a lot of well deserved criticism as it is often dishonest, we simply tolerate similar dishonesty in advertisements.
[1] Whether by truth or lies does not really matter in a sense here.
Printing a book that brings you to an understanding of a political idea [1] is one thing. Passively sticking your posters on other people books (after paying) is another.
Propaganda gets a lot of well deserved criticism as it is often dishonest, we simply tolerate similar dishonesty in advertisements.
[1] Whether by truth or lies does not really matter in a sense here.