• FrostyGhost@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
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    2 months ago

    They aggressively fight against ad blockers and shame people who use them while refusing to vet said ads beforehand. They should be treated the same as any pervert exposing themselves to kids on the street. I see little difference between the two.

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    2 months ago

    Google does not review advertisements. If you pay google for an ad, they do not verify it, they don’t check it, they just blindly publish it to their ad network.

    They rely on user reports, after the content is shown. As a result, google has no way to prevent this. Any objectionable or maicious content will be shown to users before anything can be done about it.

    The solution to this is simple, have a human watch and approve the ad before it goes live. But google will never do this.

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      The solution to this is simple, have a human watch and approve the ad before it goes live. But google will never do this.

      Maybe because it’s not actually that simple.

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        maybe its time to make them responsible for damages from malicious ads and suddenly ads start to get reviewed

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    2 months ago

    Imagine thinking you absolutely gotta police user content, but you’re such a nympho you can’t even decide who you do business with.

  • AwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    Unpopular opinion - who cares about porn? We should just normalise people having sex. If it’s about the kids… maybe worry about the hyperviolence going on everywhere instead?

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    2 months ago

    …if you’re watching youtube at work, you have deeper problems than the ads it serves up…