by bentobean on 4/16/25, 2:04 PM with 6 comments
by tossaway2day on 4/16/25, 2:37 PM
This is either corporate doublespeak or an outright lie. I've seen local small businesses attempt to sign up for adwords and merchant center only to have the account auto-banned instantly and they specifically say the decision is final, non-appealable and applies to any other attempt to create an account.
Same with MSFT Ads and Facebook. If the AI flags you, even if a false positive, there is no human capable of reviewing or overriding that decision - by design.
by freedomben on 4/16/25, 2:29 PM
> “Oftentimes, some of our message wasn’t as clear and transparent about specifics, about what the rationale was, or reasoning, and sometimes that left the advertiser a little more confused. We ended up updating a bunch of our policies as it related to that, a bunch of our transparency capabilities in terms of the messaging around what and why to help the advertiser…It’s been a big focus for the team as part of 2024 and into 2025,” Rodriguez said.
That was the most relevant part to me. I'm glad they at least have a process, though I'm skeptical about how usable it really is for the suspended party. I'm also a little skeptical about how long it will last as they gain more confidence in their models.
by Beijinger on 4/16/25, 2:41 PM
by mhitza on 4/16/25, 3:22 PM
It feels like too many companies do this in spite of GDPR rules around automated decision making
> The data subject shall have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her.