HN Explorer

Tell HN: Google Trust and Safety is a joke

6 points by tokyobreakfast ↗ HN
I've been seeing full-on pornographic video ads for dick pills inserted into innocuous YouTube videos, like educational content.

Immediately reported to Google, over a week ago.

No response, and I've seen the ad multiple times now, on different browsers/devices.

Do actual humans review this, or does Google automate to the point everything's a bot?

Malicious ads are as old as time but this is as egregious as I've ever seen it.

3 comments

[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 16.4 ms ] thread
toomuchtodo
File a complaint with your state Attorney General and provide receipts. Google doesn’t care, but regulators do.
rl3
YouTube has turned into a trash spigot of AI-generated garbage, especially the ads. Platforms used to care about their advertisers meeting some type of minimum quality bar. It's just trashy.

To be fair, said trashiness started prior to AI when video thumbnails began competing in this race to the bottom on who could be the best clickbait.

If there's ever an Idiocracy sequel, they won't need any computer graphics; the actors just browsing a live computer on YouTube's main page should suffice.