Google Filtering: How Smart Is Software?

October 27, 2020

I included a screenshot illustrating YouTube search results which make it clear how to obtain without charge copy-protected commercial software. You can read that story and see the screen shot at this link. I want to document a Reuters’ report called “Italy’s Communications Watchdog Fines Google for Betting Ad.” The news item documents that Google was fined for running gambling ads. The DarkCyber research team has been monitoring some of the questionable video streaming sites. Advertisements are appearing on these sites in greater numbers. What vendors are providing these paid messages? At this time, there’s no open source information about the intermediaries involved.

Questions:

Why doesn’t filtering by key word work for Google advertisements? Gambling seems to be a no brainer.
Why are Google YouTube search results providing recently updated links to video content which appears to violate a number of rules and regulations? The word “crack” is like gambling a seemingly obvious yellow caution light.
What are the names of the ad agency intermediaries providing advertisements to what appear to be illegal video streaming sites?

Interesting? The DarkCyber research team finds the subject engaging. Smart software seems to have some blind spots.

Stephen E Arnold, October 27, 2020

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Advertising, News, Online (general)

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.