Thursday 2 April 2015

halacha - Is it forbidden to publish misleading advertising?


May a Jew publish, in print, online, or elsewhere, advertising which they have reason to suspect is not accurate? Not to get bogged down in an example; but let's say the publisher of a Jewish newspaper has reason to believe that an ad promising that God will answer your prayers if you send money to a certain organization may not be completely accurate. Does the publisher sin, possibly transgressing lifnei eiver, m'dvar sheker tirchak, or perhaps other issurim, by publishing the ad?





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