RegReggieHere@mastodon.social
Aug 6, 2026, 8:25 AMIt would be nice to see the entire sales, marketing and PR industry banned as a public nuisance.
Such a move would likely make political elections much more representative too.
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Aug 6, 2026, 3:33 PM@ReggieHere Canada has laws, but it doesn't work https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/phone/telemarketing/tobligations.htm
My cell gets several spam calls a day. I've set it to 'do not disturb', so it only rings if the caller is in my contacts.
Our land line also gets several a day - even the phone company does it and last time the caller id was forged to show the local college!- RegReggieHere@mastodon.socialAug 6, 2026, 3:44 PM
It's a global menace, and every measure that's introduced to stop the harassment needs to be constantly updated to keep up with the workarounds.
Ban marketing altogether. It's abusive coercion.
- Aug 6, 2026, 5:09 PM
@ReggieHere I agree I hate ads and only see them in the street here and there.
You may know of this:
https://99percentinvisible.org/article/clean-city-law-secrets-sao-paulo-uncovered-outdoor-advertising-ban/
Another large city has done it too, but I couldn't even remember which country. I love the after picture :-) - RegReggieHere@mastodon.socialAug 7, 2026, 7:53 AM
That is fascinating, thankyou.
- Aug 7, 2026, 8:58 AM
@ReggieHere
More:
"São Paulo, Brazil, became the first city to almost completely ban corporate advertising, in 2007 removing 15,000 billboards and 300,000 shop-front signs. In 2014 Grenoble in France replaced all billboards with trees and community noticeboards in a bid to “reduce citizen stress”. Last year, Amsterdam became the world’s first city to ban adverts that promote high-carbon industries."
https://www.positive.news/society/the-movement-to-reclaim-cities-from-ad-hoardings/