YouTube accused of refusing to remove scam ads featuring deepfaked Elon Musk: "We found that the ad doesn't go against Google's policies"

YouTube users are noticing a sudden increase in the number of scammy ads on the platform, accompanied by distinterested moderation: a deepfake Elon pitching trading bots is the example bubbling virally up today on Reddit.



Jakob_G writes:

because these scam ads are getting so annoying i started reporting them every time i see one, because i do understand that there are probably millions of advertisers on YouTube and sometimes these scams don't get detected right away. — Read the rest