• Alperto@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Related: https://lemmy.world/post/2235459

    So, we will be forced to see ads, while they can’t yet control who’s publishing those ads. I wonder why Google (and any other ad company) hasn’t been sued yet for showing and infecting malware into the people who click on their ads. Maybe is not that critical or easy for a domestic user, but corporations or governments?

    And it’s not because it’s impossible to verify malware before accepting their ads, it’s because THEY DONT CARE. If they can detect music on videos for copyright claims, they can analyze everything, they can also verify publishers. And if they can’t with an algorithm, they should use humans to manually verify publishers.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, but doing that won’t get them bonuses for hitting KPIs. They let the malware through because it means the company buying the adspace is buying adspace. Everything else doesn’t factor into their targets and quarterly goals.

    • Chunk@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Facebook literally facilitated a genocide in Myanmar. These companies are not legally liable for anything they serve.

    • histy@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      " I wonder why Google (and any other ad company) hasn’t been sued yet for showing and infecting malware into the people who click on their ads." Because FTC is a joke, a farce.