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A comment on Ask HN: Does Google have a way to report scam advertisements?.

Re:Ask HN: Does Google have a way to report scam advertiseme... by sarajevo on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:29AM (#24176195)
You should be able to do this by right clicking the ad or following options on the ad [triangle with the I character, top right, > why this ad > report this ad) - Anyhow, you can achieve the same by clicking the permalink listed below

https://support.google.com/google-ads/troubleshooter/4578507...

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Re:Ask HN: Does Google have a way to report scam advertiseme... by l33tman on Sunday August 16, 2020 @06:33AM (#24176709)
I do this all the time in ads in mobile apps but they always re-appear no matter how you report them in the options.

I think the OP complained about fraudulent google search results though - there's no way to report them (been wondering the same myself). Only a "Cached" menu option if you click on the small upside down triangle there.

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Re:Ask HN: Does Google have a way to report scam advertiseme... by eisa01 on Sunday August 16, 2020 @06:56AM (#24176796)
OP here, it was a Google Adsense ad served on a normal web page. I reported it using the chevron-button, but didn't think the 4 options were adequate descriptions

* Seen this ad multiple times * Ad was inappropriate * Not interested in this ad * Ad covered content

It's like they only want to improve their algorithms, not make sure they're not serving law breaking advertisements

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Re:Ask HN: Does Google have a way to report scam advertiseme... by sukilot on Sunday August 16, 2020 @10:50AM (#24178259)
Law breaking ads are inappropriate.
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Re:Ask HN: Does Google have a way to report scam advertiseme... by techdragon on Sunday August 16, 2020 @08:53PM (#24182732)
Inappropriate is a maddeningly vague descriptor. I’ve never felt like it’s accurate enough.

Is it inappropriate for the website it’s displayed on, for me as a user, for google ads at all... Is it legally inappropriate, morally inappropriate, ethically inappropriate, or just something I don’t like?

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