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Re:Zuckerberg doubles down on Facebook political ads policy ... by harryh on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:47PM (#21412888)
I think there is a pretty clear difference between publishers which sell speech to people that want to buy it and advertisers that take money in return for putting speech in front of people automatically.

Maybe both forms of money entangled speech are worthy of the same protections. But they are two different things.

Re:Zuckerberg doubles down on Facebook political ads policy ... by shawndrost on Thursday October 31, 2019 @04:07PM (#21413135)
As I understand the function of a publisher, it is predominantly about marketing and distribution, and putting a book in front of people who otherwise wouldn't have heard of it or bought it.
Re:Zuckerberg doubles down on Facebook political ads policy ... by harryh on Thursday October 31, 2019 @09:48PM (#21415622)
Yes, but publishers just give people the opportunity to buy something.

Advertisers put the speech in front of people whether they want to buy it or not.