2025-12-22 03:26 UTC
Why on earth is this ad allowed? I realize the rules I screen capped are for YouTube creators, but why don't they apply to ads on the platform too? Everything I found suggests it should be disallowed. Maybe it's because it's "nicotine" instead of tobacco.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6162278?hl=en#Tobacco&zippy=%2Cexamples-non-exhaustive
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@csalzman@a2mi.social 2025-12-22 14:06
@willhopkins@a2mi.social my guess is it’s not allowed but they found a way to get it past Google. You could flag it if you’re feeling helpful. Pessimistically: Google doesn’t have incentives to actually make sure every single ad meets their guidelines before going out. They will claim they can’t because of volume but they were the ones who created the system!