One in ten shopping ads promoted on Google potentially lead to phishing sites

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[–]C3P0 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Maybe, perhaps, possibly, probably, potentially make any claim basically null.

One in one shopping ads promoted on Google potentially lead to phishing sites. That is always true. You've claimed nothing at all.

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Maybe they have to say that to avoid being sued for slander? I always throw in "alleged" with this kind of stuff for that reason.

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It gets way worse on YouTube. They've been called out for pedophile ads and virus downloads countless times.

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    I've seen some stuff like that too, but it's in the movies section that pops up now and then instead of videos. Brave does a good job at blocking the ads, so I wouldn't know what there is and ain't. I do remember that Trump bought the YouTube banner ad a while back, and I turned my adblock off for a few seconds just to see if it was true — and it was.