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Comment by sarajevo | Hacker News Reader

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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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.

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

Law breaking ads are inappropriate.

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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