That'll show em. I wonder if Google even had to move money from anywhere, or if it was fine to pay with profits from part of the day.
Probably just had to demonetize a few more Youtubers in the name of censorship.
$11M settlement reached with Google regarding terminated AdSense accounts
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Coinhive works that way as well. I believe it is justified to call both a scam by themselves. Why? Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat (innocent until proven guilty). The problem lies with our justice system though. If it were more efficient we'd have less things like self-censorship and self-moderation.
> Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat (innocent until proven guilty). Seriously?
...yes?
"[The burden of] proof lies on him who states [a claim], not who denies [it]."
Re: $11M settlement reached with Google regarding terminated AdSense accounts
#43Re: $11M settlement reached with Google regarding terminated AdSense accounts
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe they didn't return the money back to customers.
That's a given.
On the advertiser side of Google's services, I have a refund for "invalid activity" on almost every monthly statement going back nearly a decade.
> You received a credit because we found invalid activity on your ads. What is it: Invalid activity refers to clicks and impressions that we suspect aren't the result of genuine customer interest. We don't charge you for invalid activity on your ads. Example: Invalid activity includes clicks and impressions performed by automated tools, as well as accidental clicks – for instance, if someone double clicks your ad.
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#45I get the "We think your business is a scam and so we are terminating our relationship" but I don't understand why "... and we'll keep the money." doesn't result in criminal charges.
What's even worse is that they won't tell you what you allegedly did wrong. You can appeal, but you have to guess what you did wrong and provide evidence, but you can't even access your click data anymore since you're now locked out. It's like being in a relationship with a psychotic person.
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#46Why just 2010 to 2018? Mine was terminated back in 2008 with about $500 in it.
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#47I get the "We think your business is a scam and so we are terminating our relationship" but I don't understand why "... and we'll keep the money." doesn't result in criminal charges.
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#48This one still stings, even though it was years ago. I built and ran a mobile sports news application, we amassed millions of users and were written up in several publications. One day our AdSense account was disabled, no warning, no nothing. We had never resorted to a single 'trick' or 'hack'. Nobody at Google could even tell us what exactly we were supposedly accused of. After months of escalation, the final word w…
I was once banned from a large company's (not Google's) ad program for alleged click fraud and was told there was no appeal process and that they would not be providing additional information. After demanding proof, I was told that they would not provide it due to trade secrets.
However, I didn't give up. I was eventually able to convince them to give me proof by being extremely annoying and repeatedly e-mailing the CEO and others in the company until they relented.
The "proof" they had was one of the most ridiculous misunderstandings of how the web works that I've ever seen; it's as if their click fraud department was run by someone who had no computer skills beyond using Excel. I wrote a comprehensive document explaining what happened in the scenario they saw, why it happened, how to prevent it, and admonished them for stonewalling me on something that was so clearly not my fault and not an instance of click fraud.
As a result, they reinstated me and paid my earnings, but I feel terrible for what I'm sure were hundreds of other people who were wrongly terminated and weren't able to get a response from them like I did.
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#49Frankly, the amount of power Google holds over small businesses is terrifying. It's incredible that a small bug in one of Google's algorithms could destroy your main source of income, with no explanation or recourse.
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#50What the title has to do with the page? I could not find this $11M anything on that page!
>What the title has to do with the page? I could not find this $11M anything on that page! It is on page #9 of the settlement PDF: http://www.adsensepublishersettlement.com/docs/settlement.pd... "1.44. “Settlement Fund” means a cash fund of $11,000,000, to be paid by Google in accordance with the terms of this Settlement Agreement. " and later on the same page: "2.1. Settlement Fund. Subject to the terms of this Agre…
OP should have linked the PDF instead.