alt Hacker NewsI've noticed on YouTube I see a lot of adult sexual ads. Things like home cleaning ads that have an unmistakable wood-grain image of fellatio. I've always wondered "how are these getting past the moderators?". I guess the answer is the obvious one: no one is moderating anything.
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Reported an obvious sexual ad the other day and got a very AI generated response that started with "Dear Username" stating that they reviewed the ad and found nothing wrong with it.
The other answer is that the people creating these ads have the resources to continuously try and bypass filters/moderation.
I just don't get their algorithm. I used to show YT videos to my students but I stopped that totally because of this kind of crap.
Man I got a “clothing brand” last night on YouTube of a VERY young girl wearing… not much, and it didn’t fit well in all the wrong / revealing places…
Reported the add but damn YouTube, the freaky fake medical ads are bad enough.
There have been Youtube ads that are undeniable scams for years, so it's no surprise it's compleatly unmoderated.
The worst ads are the shady games with all sorts of sexual references. They don't end no matter how many times you report it, block the ads or select the "less gaming ads" option.
The more surprising thing with YouTube is how much obvious copyright infringement is in ads. The whole platform seems oriented around copyright enforcement, but ads seem to get a pass.
Is it surprising? Google and Facebook can barely police the content their human users post.
Google Play Store showed my child an ad of a bloody body on a bed for a murder mystery game. The game was rated 18+ and the account had my daughter’s correct single digit age.
I reported the ad and a week later it was still there. I switched to Apple.