How about...
All advertisements (in any form) have to be pre-vetted, by a regulatory agency, at the advertiser's expense (+x%, a nice little tax earner...). Any found to be unsuitable are not allowed to be used.
Any advertisers found to be spewing malware (intentionally or otherwise) are prosecuted and given a heavy fine.
In addition to the usual ban on offensive and subliminal advertising, the following would not be allowed:
- Flashing or animated adverts
- pop-ups / pop-unders
- full page advertising
- 'click-through' advertising
- deceptive (i.e. pretending to be a computer error message)
Obviously, this would be unworkable, as it would require a global effort, and global cooperation, so instead, I'll just continue to use an ad blocker to remove intrusive and malicious advertising from my browser. Your move advertising industry.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
