I know they allow scam adverts because it’s easy money, but why aren’t they held responsible for facilitating obvious scams? You open Edge, there’s 3 “Earn money quick” adverts. On Instagram, every 5 ads, one is a scam.

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      Spending more money on more staff for checking the validity of advertisements can affect small businesses more because they have less money.

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        You got turned around somewhere, we’re talking about small businesses advertising through major platforms like google. Theres no “small business” online advertising platforms

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          Ahh ok. I guess I kinda got lost in the thread somewhere. Thanks for letting me know. Ignore my previous comment.

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      Because you know who General Electric is and it’s easy to verify they’re actually advertising with you and that they’re a legitimate company, Jim-Bob’s Auto Repair, not so much.

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        Oh yeah i see auto repair scam adverts all the time…?

        Wait no, im seeing goddamn miracle cures for aging on youtube. Old guy literally saying itll make you 20 years old again.