Why don't the affected brands - who are being hurt by this - sue Google?
End-users might sue them too, but Google is more afraid of Disney suing them than random nobody
End-users might sue them too, but Google is more afraid of Disney suing them than random nobody
Google etc could very easily fix this but they just don't want to, likely because the scammers are bringin in a lot of money.
The problem here is that Google claims immunity on being a platform. "It's not use doing the trademark infringement, it's General-ScamCo"
And as it stands right now, US law is quite favourable to that defense. Even when in reality, it's obvious that advertising platforms are Publishers. That they not only make editorial decisions, but that making those decisions is the entire fucking point of them.