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Researchers find deceptive ads persist despite Google reporting

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Researchers from New York University and Radboud University developed a tool over a year to identify deceptive software advertisements within Google's public ad archive. Their findings indicate that reporting problematic ads to Google does not necessarily halt their operation or the associated domains. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential gaps in platform moderation for deceptive advertising, impacting user trust and online safety.

RANK_REASON Research paper detailing a new tool and its findings. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.4]

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Researchers find deceptive ads persist despite Google reporting

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    ‘A team of NYU and Radboud University researchers spent a year building a tool to find deceptive software ads inside Google’s public ad archive. It works. It al

    ‘A team of NYU and Radboud University researchers spent a year building a tool to find deceptive software ads inside Google’s public ad archive. It works. It also exposed something more uncomfortable: reporting a bad ad to Google doesn’t mean the ad, or the domain behind it, stop…

    LINKS helpnetsecurity.com/…/google-scareware-ad… helpnetsecurity.com/…/02

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