Re:The case for banning ads in social media
by krapp on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:42PM
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>And don't tell me advertising is free speech.
Advertising is free speech.
>As far as I'm concerned, corporations are not people and have no rights.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion.
>Like governments, a corporation's powers are defined by law.
The law defines corporations as entities with rights, including the right to free speech, and therefore they have an abstract form of personhood for various legal reasons. If corporations had no rights, they would have no right to enter into contracts as a singular entity, nor would they have the right to use, or to be sued as entities.
Advertising is free speech.
>As far as I'm concerned, corporations are not people and have no rights.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion.
>Like governments, a corporation's powers are defined by law.
The law defines corporations as entities with rights, including the right to free speech, and therefore they have an abstract form of personhood for various legal reasons. If corporations had no rights, they would have no right to enter into contracts as a singular entity, nor would they have the right to use, or to be sued as entities.