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Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by SpicyLemonZest on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:27PM (#22328836)
It'd be pretty weird to have a rule that Mike Bloomberg can't spend a billion dollars telling you why he should be president, when Coca-Cola is allowed to spend a billion dollars every year sending you the much less important message to drink Coke.
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Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by inetknght on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:30PM (#22328885)
> Coca-Cola is allowed to spend a billion dollars every year sending you the much less important message to drink Coke

Perhaps Coca-Cola shouldn't be permitted to spend so much money on advertising an unhealthy product...

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Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by SpicyLemonZest on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:34PM (#22328925)
I'd certainly prefer if they didn't. But I can't be in favor of a rule reducing to "you've gotta jump through hoops if you want to publish an unpopular message".
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Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by three_seagrass on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:37PM (#22328958)
Advertising restrictions are put on pharmaceuticals, tobacco, and alcohol at least.

A more innocuous example would be Proctor & Gamble promoting soap.

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