Ads like the one in the link appear before unrelated videos on YT.
aspenmayer•2h ago
I mean, it’s hard to verify this, and that seems to be the main aspect of reporting on Gaza that makes me question the veracity of this information, given the source of it. I can believe that it’s true, but I think it’s fair to trust, but verify. If only there were some independent journalists in Gaza they could have worked with to give this project more legitimacy.
westpfelia•2h ago
IOF too busy killing independant journalists.
maciejw•1h ago
I don't have means to verify this at all, privately I consider it blunt propaganda. HN is not the site to discuss politics.
I'm more surprised it's possible to post ads on such loaded issues on YouTube. I would appreciate comments from anyone with better knowledge of ads industry.
aspenmayer•1h ago
I found this page, but when I tried to view it, after clicking through a Google search to a Google support page, where I passed a captcha just to do the search, I somehow failed the second(!) captcha on visit to the support page, where Google said it detected suspicious activity on my network and wouldn’t let me actually view the page, but maybe it’s enough to get you started on your end? I suspect my VPN host has me lumped in with some noisy neighbors or something.
> This page appears when Google automatically detects requests coming from your computer network which appear to be in violation of the Terms of Service. The block will expire shortly after those requests stop.
> This traffic may have been sent by malicious software, a browser plug-in, or a script that sends automated requests. If you share your network connection, ask your administrator for help — a different computer using the same IP address may be responsible. Learn more
> Sometimes you may see this page if you are using advanced terms that robots are known to use, or sending requests very quickly.
I'm not doing anything like that except maybe the advanced search terms, but I don't know which ones bots use, and I don't use bots, so I can only assume it's the VPN in combination with some of my search terms. The first time I saw it was right after recaptcha failed to load in on mobile, so who knows. I blame Google. When you can't even click on the Learn More link because you get another error, and you have no actual customer support, I think I might call my Congressperson. This is an ADA violation waiting to happen.
westpfelia•2h ago
Uhhh from the Israel forign affairs ministry? I'll call malarkey.
maciejw•2h ago
aspenmayer•2h ago
westpfelia•2h ago
maciejw•1h ago
I'm more surprised it's possible to post ads on such loaded issues on YouTube. I would appreciate comments from anyone with better knowledge of ads industry.
aspenmayer•1h ago
https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/10249050?hl=en
Edit:
The actual error says this:
> This page appears when Google automatically detects requests coming from your computer network which appear to be in violation of the Terms of Service. The block will expire shortly after those requests stop.
> This traffic may have been sent by malicious software, a browser plug-in, or a script that sends automated requests. If you share your network connection, ask your administrator for help — a different computer using the same IP address may be responsible. Learn more
> Sometimes you may see this page if you are using advanced terms that robots are known to use, or sending requests very quickly.
I'm not doing anything like that except maybe the advanced search terms, but I don't know which ones bots use, and I don't use bots, so I can only assume it's the VPN in combination with some of my search terms. The first time I saw it was right after recaptcha failed to load in on mobile, so who knows. I blame Google. When you can't even click on the Learn More link because you get another error, and you have no actual customer support, I think I might call my Congressperson. This is an ADA violation waiting to happen.