• 30mag@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    1 year ago

    If criminals are advertising the crimes they are committing, I don’t imagine law enforcement are going to be falling all over themselves to put a stop to it, because it makes their job a lot easier.

      • 30mag@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        The job of law enforcement is enforcing the law. Enforcing the law is supposed to discourage people from breaking it.

        Does it work? I would guess that it is more effective than not enforcing the law.

        Is it the best way to reduce crime? I doubt it.

        • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          But conceivably they could be enforcing the law by putting pressure on these companies to stop facilitating advertising of illegal services and thereby the flow of business. If they instead just don’t bother with that so that they can use these ads to pick out and track down the juiciest, lowest effort prosecution targets, representing a small proportion of the total market, that’s pure corruption with little to no social benefit.

          To be clear I don’t actually know if this is what is going on, but if it was it would be reprehensible.