It’s hard for me to credibly believe that this harm happened due to the algorithm, that no humans at Google were clearly aware of what was going on, when Googlers were being sent out to events to pitch to this market
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. It sounds like the fraud involved was extremely sophisticated, as it was hiding behind state negligence. Google now requires these advertisers to be licenced by a reputable third party.
The problem I see here isn’t just that the Ads team gets paid for participation in criminal activity, but they have no incentive to really stop profitable illegal activity
In 2011 Google settled a negligence case regarding illegal pharmaceutical sales for $500 million.
Scams and malware end up running rampant whenever ads are involved, that’s where the money for the business segment is coming from
I find it hard to imagine this is true within reputable ad networks, though I agree that such content is endemic to online advertising.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. It sounds like the fraud involved was extremely sophisticated, as it was hiding behind state negligence. Google now requires these advertisers to be licenced by a reputable third party.
In 2011 Google settled a negligence case regarding illegal pharmaceutical sales for $500 million.
I find it hard to imagine this is true within reputable ad networks, though I agree that such content is endemic to online advertising.