Ads from household-name brands and nonprofits are appearing beside clips of a film blaming Jews for causing World War II.
While I agree this is a problem, it should be noted that the youtube adpocolips was triggered by similar concern on cherry picked examples that hurt creators in the end. We should be promoting the idea that algorithmically served ads are not an endorsement of what they are served with. The neo nazi stuff is a content moderation problem that needs to be fixed because of … you know … gestures broadly.
Pretty crazy.
I stopped advertising there years ago. I have a 501©3 and I couldn’t allow my charity to be trashed for simply existing. They cater to the angriest people on the planet. I hope that doesn’t replicate itself here.
Not even really surprised. And you know, now that this article is live, these companies are going to complain, and stop advertising for like a month, and then silently go back to advertising when everyone forgets.
And then they wonder why advertises are avoiding the platform.