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Ads for German Nazi-Party on Boost (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So i saw several ads for the German AfD Party (Neo-fascists). I will gladly pay to remove ads but knowing that these ads would still be shown to others here i would rather not support this app in case this continues. Anything that could be done about it?

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago

There should be a report button to report it. Last time this happened the ad got taken down before the dev could report it on his end.

The ads come from ad networks, so there ain't much visibility into what gets displayed: it's regional and stuff.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago

report google ads

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago

Boost is not controlling what ads it shows you. Google does.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy is clearly not the right platform they should target 😂

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Let them waste their money over here, the more the better.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

They're currently running a big campaign on Google Ads. Maybe try to raise a stink with Google about them allowing political advertising, especially for parties which have been judicially confirmed to be partially right-wing extremists.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I would recommend using an ad free lemmy app. This is not the right platform for making money, especially through ads.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why not? This isn't some big Corp running the app. I'm ok if he gets a little bit of money.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Agreed. Development isn't always easy, and devs shouldn't be treated as free labor. If you want "free," use the web app for your instance (to whom you should donate to keep it running, because servers aren't free).