Money

To Google,

Don't be Evil

Because google is dodgy.

> TLDR: AI is really good at detecting deceptive adverts - why isn’t Google using it?

I have the same question regarding “why is Workday’s resume parser so shit?”

Why not?

It's not like they face any consequences for being party to fraud. Laws are for poor people.

"Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?"

more like why company still want to receive money ????? is more correct term

Google (Alphabet) is a corporation. Corporations follow the profit motive. Furthermore it's a publicly traded corporation. These follow the interests of their shareholders.

What does killing dodgy ads do for Google's bottom line? It's removing paying customers and driving down competition for (and therefore value of) ad space. What's the cost of dodgy ads to Google? The sites that use Google Ads will continue using Google Ads if they do nothing about the dodgy ads. The sites that don't use Google Ads won't be swayed to use Google Ads if they do remove the dodgy ads. Google is not held liable for serving dodgy ads so there's no direct risk associated with serving them.

Why should Google remove the dodgy ads? "Don't be evil"? That motto exceeded its shelf life before it was first publicly posted.

Hanlon's razor is nice and all but there's a difference between malice and amoral apathy. Corporations would sell shredded orphans as fuel if it made economical sense to do so.

It simply increases shareholder value more than if they we're removed. It will only ends when companies will be made at least partially responsible for damages they help to facilitate. Don't be evil my ass.

Not just dodgy some are straight up illegal.

They'll act if someone threatens to sue otherwise Google doesn't give a shit as long as they get paid.

its so terrible because most of those ads pray on seniors, I swear i see the Tai Chi ad every single day and reported it so many times.