"They don't have sarcasm on Betelgeuse, and Ford Prefect often failed to notice it unless he was concentrating."
-- Douglas Adams
It turns out that sarcasm is sometimes not obvious to everyone. My apologies.
You are correct. They cannot be trusted. The entire history of advertising and advertisers is evidence that they cannot be trusted. They cannot be trusted to self-regulate, to follow voluntary codes, or even to form an industry regulating body (sorry, UK, you know it's true).
And yes, Google is an advertising agency... which spends up to $20MM a year on federal lobbying.
