<story><title>Vancouver Airport blocking ads with information on travellers’ privacy rights</title><url>https://globalnews.ca/news/5203960/yvr-rejects-ads/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>floatingatoll</author><text>As an airport traveler, I&amp;#x27;m glad they blocked the ads for the phrasing submitted, but I&amp;#x27;m upset that they refused to explain their reasoning and negotiate better phrasing. For example:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Know your digital rights at the border&amp;quot; is great. It&amp;#x27;s in the classic tone of raise-awareness campaigns, does not use fearmongering, and can be safely ignored by anyone who already understands them.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Your phone isn&amp;#x27;t safe at the border&amp;quot; is not great. It makes you feel afraid, mis-describes the issue (what about laptops?), and doesn&amp;#x27;t specify the vested interest (it&amp;#x27;s about rights).&lt;p&gt;Both parties deserve censure for their choices.</text></comment>
<story><title>Vancouver Airport blocking ads with information on travellers’ privacy rights</title><url>https://globalnews.ca/news/5203960/yvr-rejects-ads/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>RickS</author><text>Good idea, bad approach. &amp;quot;Your phone isn&amp;#x27;t safe at the border&amp;quot; might be a hard fact but it&amp;#x27;s nonetheless an intentionally divisive expression of that sentiment. It&amp;#x27;s ambiguous, fearmongering.... facts can be clickbait, and this is one such case.&lt;p&gt;If the ads said &amp;quot;You can be legally compelled to X, even if Y. Learn more about your airport rights at www.url.com&amp;quot; then it would be much less objectionable IMO.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t get why campaigns keep making this mistake. Take the freaking high road. Imagine the mind of your opposition, and accomodate the low-hanging complaints they&amp;#x27;re going to have. Craft a message that&amp;#x27;s maximally agreeable to the people who disagree, while maintaining accuracy.&lt;p&gt;Weasels on both sides here, IMO.</text></comment>