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It’s not uncommon for authorities to ban advertising by industries whose mission is to make the world worse. Eg tobacco ads are banned where I live. This here may be legal now but I interpret the article as in favour of a ban on gambling ads, which sounds like a good idea to me.

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I guess I agree with the premise, but not the deciders.

As far as I'm concerned, probably 80 to 90% of advertising is for things that make the world worse.

So, when will Google be fined for the blatantly fraudlent ads they are allowing on YouTube? Scam all over the place.

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Okay but is there a reason to believe this is whataboutism rather than pointing out an additional problem we might discuss? If it were whataboutism I'd expect to see an implication that this excuses the gambling industry, but I don't see it.

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