[omegaworks]

American history is littered with medical salesmen touting miracle cures to desperate ill people. Would you prefer our modern communication mediums be saturated with their pitches or do we want to wait until there is a reasonable scientific consensus before unleashing re-engagement algorithms?

[bsaul]

if you want youtube to get rid of any salesmen touting miracles anything you're going to have to get rid of commercials as well.

[wtallis]

There's a big difference between charlatans touting miracle cures and commercials for FDA-approved drugs, but even the latter are considered by many reasonable people to be harmful and worthy of banning.

[nradov]

Banning ads for legal products to adults would require a Constitutional amendment.

[ceejayoz]

Nah.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Health_Cigarette_Smokin...

[nradov]

You appear to be ignorant of Thompson v. Western States Medical Center.

https://www.justice.gov/osg/brief/thompson-v-western-states-...

[wtallis]

You seem to have linked to the wrong document. You linked to the appellant's petition for the Supreme Court to hear the appeal. The actual decision from the Court does not seem to be particularly supportive of anything you are claiming or insinuating. In particular, the Court's decision in that case reaffirmed that "Although commercial speech is protected by the First Amendment, not all regulation of such speech is unconstitutional." Your broad, blanket statement that ads for legal products cannot be restricted without a constitutional amendment is directly contradicted by the Court's rulings.

[silverpepsi]

I want to see everyone's true face bright and clear so I don't lose my own ability to filter them accordingly.

It's like, do you want the friends you meet at church to be actual Christians? Well good then, stop having a damned society where atheism is so taboo that the church aisles are filled with atheists terrified of the consequences of not showing up on Sunday morning. This is still a real serious issue in the bible belt and Moslem world, etc..

[omegaworks]

Unfortunately the pandemic is a social/collective problem and given the systematic disinvestment in quality public education, your personal ability to filter disinformation is nowhere near universally applicable.