Tbh I’ve stopped counting how many times YouTube has pushed investment scams like these directly into my feed as ads recently. Not only is it scary how these scammers go about it and recreate entire news websites like 20min, misuse the identities of well-known Swiss personalities and even set up fake comment sections. What worries me more is that Google even confirms the scammers behind these ads as “official advertisers”. I mean WTF?!
Sure, Advertisement is Google’s business model and many processes run fully automatically in the background without human oversight, but there has to be a way to stop such fraud attempts at an earlier stage… not only after the ad has been sent out to countless users! Some might say it’s your own fault if you fall for these kinds of scams, but there are naive and unfortunately desperate people out there who will fall for such offers. I think Google also has to take certain responsibility for pushing such content, especially when they make money on top of it.
The ad somehow caught me on the wrong foot today, which is why I wanted to hear your thought on it, maybe you’re having similar experiences with these kinds of ads.
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Tbh I’ve stopped counting how many times YouTube has pushed investment scams like these directly into my feed as ads recently. Not only is it scary how these scammers go about it and recreate entire news websites like 20min, misuse the identities of well-known Swiss personalities and even set up fake comment sections. What worries me more is that Google even confirms the scammers behind these ads as “official advertisers”. I mean WTF?!
Sure, Advertisement is Google’s business model and many processes run fully automatically in the background without human oversight, but there has to be a way to stop such fraud attempts at an earlier stage… not only after the ad has been sent out to countless users! Some might say it’s your own fault if you fall for these kinds of scams, but there are naive and unfortunately desperate people out there who will fall for such offers. I think Google also has to take certain responsibility for pushing such content, especially when they make money on top of it.
The ad somehow caught me on the wrong foot today, which is why I wanted to hear your thought on it, maybe you’re having similar experiences with these kinds of ads.