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Not only do they receive money for hosting the ad, they actually select the potential scam victims for the scammer and preferentially display the ad to the peop
by vannevar 3y ago
Not only do they receive money for hosting the ad, they actually select the potential scam victims for the scammer and preferentially display the ad to the people that are algorithmically determined to be most vulnerable to the scam. It hasn't been tested yet, but I believe YouTube could be held civilly or criminally liable for the underlying fraud.