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Netflix Resumes Advertising on X After Elon Musk Controversy (www.thewrap.com)

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Netflix Resumes Advertising on X After Elon Musk Controversy::Netflix has resumed advertising on X following a suspension by the streamer and other brands after Elon Musk promoted an antisemitic post.

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[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Business really has no ethics, and it needs no ethics: its main and only goal is to make money. Government's job is to define the ethics, and create and enforce a framework in which businesses may operate.

The reason why businesses shouldn't be responsible for acting ethically is that being unethical gives you an edge against your competition. So if we let companies have the main responsibility of how to behave, nice companies are penalized.

The framework needs to be as simple and unambiguous as possible, because the more complex it is, the more it penalizes small and starting companies.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 16 points 10 months ago

The people's job is to define ethics. The government's job is to uphold that definition. Governments can't be expected to define ethics on their own.

[–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This is so fucking immoral it's enraging. As if people aren't involved with business and business doesn't affect people. This psychotic bullshit is how companies end up murdering people and getting away with it. A blatant excuse for people to do whatever their greed compels them to, as if making money suddenly absolves them of any kind of responsibility to their community.

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz -1 points 10 months ago

murdering people

I believe murdering people is illegal, sir.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And that's why capitalism is inherently unethical and immoral.

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Amoral, more like.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I know what I said...