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Corporations must be held accountable for the scams that are posted/boosted on their platforms. If they profit off it, they must be liable for letting it go public.
I suspect a TV channel in any civilized place would avoid showing an advert for an obvious scam (the fake AI celebrity endorsement) because that would, at least, destroy their reputation, or even get sued for not vetting the content.
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