[pydry]

>My British perspective: I don’t want advertisers free to lie as much as they want.

Not exactly what happened here is it?

A private company which somehow gets to approve ads rejected an advert complaining about a dystopian lack of privacy under a government that is actively trying to kill off privacy.

[ascorbic]

The private company "somehow" gets to approve ads because it's owned by the TV networks that air the ads. Better than needing separate approval from each network.

[pydry]

And yet still far worse than a publicly owned body that is accountable to voters rather than shareholders.

You might as well argue that it's better for visa to regulate the financial sector "because you wouldnt want the banks doing it individually".

Or that you should be happy with a punch in the face because a kick in the teeth is worse.

[actionfromafar]

Not any private company, but Sky and Warner Bros Discovery.