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| Google In Hot Water: Billions At Stake As YouTube Ads Found To Violate Terms Of Service |
| 2023-06-29 |
| [SearchEngineJournal] The Wall Street Journal reports that 80% of YouTube ads violate terms of service, potentially costing Google billions in refunds. Research reveals that 80% of YouTube ads across the web violate Google's terms of service. Advertisers have reportedly been overcharged, and potential refunds could result in a financial loss for Google. These findings bring to light serious concerns with possible far-reaching consequences. Read the rest at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 Google is and always has been a protection racket. Don't want your stuff online? Pay us. Don't want pictures of your front door online? Pay us. It's gone from "information wants to be free" to "we own all this information, and we'll decide what you get to see". |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-06-29 15:31 |
| #2 This would explain the relatively long buffering times between the content and the ads. |
| Posted by: EMS Artifact 2023-06-29 09:53 |
| #1 ...For Google/YouTube, 'terms of service' are whatever they say they are at any given time, so that's not much of a problem. But if they've been charging too much and somebody can prove it, that's something else entirely. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-06-29 06:37 |