Advertising Standards

[SaintsSeptember]

I totally understand and accept that paid advertising is a big part of covering costs.
However, should it be acceptable that we have scam advertising featuring the likes of Dick Smith, without his permission?

There is an advertisement that seems to have Dick Smith endorsing some bitcoin scheme.
I'd hate to have DS threatening Bigfooty like he has to others.

Multi-millionaire Dick Smith threatens to sue The Guardian over Bitcoin scam ads

Multi-millionaire Dick Smith has been battling the crypto scam ads on various platforms for months and The Guardian Australia was the final straw.

cointelegraph.com

 

[Chief]

I totally understand and accept that paid advertising is a big part of covering costs.
However, should it be acceptable that we have scam advertising featuring the likes of Dick Smith, without his permission?

There is an advertisement that seems to have Dick Smith endorsing some bitcoin scheme.
I'd hate to have DS threatening Bigfooty like he has to others.

Multi-millionaire Dick Smith threatens to sue The Guardian over Bitcoin scam ads

Multi-millionaire Dick Smith has been battling the crypto scam ads on various platforms for months and The Guardian Australia was the final straw.

cointelegraph.com

When you see it, there is a small icon in the top right that you can hit to report it to Google.

I have reported it but they report they are swamped with it and we need to report it so they can remove it.