Facebook, Google, Twitter, AOL Form Alliance Against “Bad Ads”

[ZeroDay]

Facebook, Google, Twitter, and AOL will start working together to fight “bad ads.” The companies formed an alliance today to combat ads delivering malware, scams, or counterfeit products. The Ads Integrity Alliance also includes the Interactive Advertising Bureau. “Bad ads reduce trust in the web and in online advertising,” Google’s Global Public Policy Manager Eric Davis said in a blog post today. “The web...

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[illumination]

“Bad ads reduce trust in the web and in online advertising,” Google’s Global Public Policy Manager Eric Davis said in a blog post today.

Is it just me, or do the words "trust" and "advertising" look funny in the same sentence?

 

[bogdan]

It should also be about the number of ads. Too many ads are bad, no matter how "great" they are.