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Pre-IPO Reddit lets ads be dressed up as promoted user posts
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this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2024
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I thought this was illegal in most countries
~~Which is why~~ they’re now under investigation from the FTC.
edit: FTC not FCC edit 2: looks like they're being investigated about AI, not ads.
Ummm, no, they aren’t. They’re under investigation by the FTC for their deal that allows Google to train AI on user content. The FCC is not conducting the inquiry and it has nothing to do with these ads.
It’s really annoying that people can just make things up and it gets upvoted because nobody actually reads the damn articles.
^ certified hater