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Maybe I’m naive here, but aren’t the vast majority of ads brokered by Meta and Google these days? Am I thinking too high level?

>>sircas+(OP)
Google and Meta seem to have no idea what's going on within their own advertising networks.

Similarly to all the stories (with two currently in the front page of HN, eBay and PayPal) about algorithms that are just insufficient for the range of realistic scenarios these companies must deal with on a regular basis.

It's merely the equation of profit outweighing customer service. Admittedly, they're working on a scale that's difficult to comprehend, but that shouldn't absolve them of aiding and abetting criminal use of their systems.

Google's and Meta's profit motives are the base cause of this continuing escalation of the ubiquity and user-hostility (to put it mildly) of internet advertising.

It's only been predictable for the last 20 years...

https://youtu.be/YlGklt4BSQ8 (first aired in March 2000)

https://youtu.be/XPGgTy5YJ-g (April 1999)

>>BLKNSL+Xc
> Google and Meta seem to have no idea what's going on within their own advertising networks.

Which is the problem.

Distributors of ads need a solid Know Your Customer program, so you can find the crooks. Otherwise, they have to accept liability for scams they help promote.