Exclusive: Pepsi, Walmart, Starbucks, GM, Dish, FX pulling some Google ads after WSJ found their ads on racist YouTube videos. /1
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Over about 5 hrs last night I found ads for a dozen major companies on ~20 YouTube videos peddling racist or similarly unsavory views. /6
Google showed many ads on videos with racial slurs in the title or description. Its software automatically screens for similar stuff. /7pic.twitter.com/x1envFOPsH
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Google says it is changing policies, improving enforcement & giving brands more control to solve this issue. /8
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As I pointed out yesterday, this problem is very hard to solve b/c of scope and complexity of issue and ad network.https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-faces-tall-order-policing-content-1490283318 …
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Lastly, here: Google advertising a YouTube original movie before a video titled "Michelle Obama dancing to Alabama N-----". Yep. /8pic.twitter.com/MdoWQ60MwN
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We've updated our story with lots of details and context about the latest examples of big brands on unsavory videos:https://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-youtube-has-continued-showing-brands-ads-with-racist-and-other-objectionable-videos-1490380551 …
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the first two screenshots are on a video confirmed to have no ads on it since last year. Care to explain how you got these?
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Yes , prove your self. Nothing ads up here.
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Jack be nimble Jack be quik, Jack has no integrity and it makes me sick.
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Jack be nimble Jack be quik, Jack is triggered and needs a safe space quik.
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Lollll nice photoshop work.
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tragic! Don't forget to renew your adobe membership or you won't be able to photoshop adds on videos in time!
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why is the view count and like/dislike ratio the SAME on all of these screenshots? Oh yeah, thats right, because YOU faked them!
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Well done you found an inappropriate video from the billions on YouTube
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it's amazing how the views, likes, related videos are all the same as the Coke ad
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Why does this have the same view count as the Coca-Cola Ad?
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