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Re:To study possibly racist algorithms, professors have to s... by rudolf0 on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @02:40PM (#12003652)
Isn't that what most click fraud is, though? Paying someone/something to click your own ads? Who would do click fraud if they aren't somehow being compensated by the ad provider?
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Re:To study possibly racist algorithms, professors have to s... by danso on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @02:52PM (#12003760)
"Unrelated third party" is presumably a party that is not being paid by the beneficiary of ad revenue.
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Re:To study possibly racist algorithms, professors have to s... by rudolf0 on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @03:00PM (#12003822)
Right. But my question is... why would an unrelated third party engage in click fraud? All I can think of is some kind of framing, in an attempt to get a site owner delisted or sued.
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