Why This Billionaire Berkeley Professor Won't Leave the Classroom (forbes.com)

There was also an ad showing a starving child in Gaza and claiming it was false, and that the child had a genetic disease (the starving body image was apparently being used as propaganda is the implication). The YouTube link on the ad is from the Israeli ad agency.

I’m mostly lost for words. Anyone else seeing this? This shit is disgusting.

Comments (17)

ethan_smith · 2h ago

YouTube ads are targeted based on your browsing history, demographics, and location. You can check what Google thinks about you in your ad settings (https://adssettings.google.com) and disable personalized ads or report inappropriate ones.

rvnx · 3h ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKB0SKNOfbA

I think this is the video you may have seen.

ivape · 2h ago

That’s exactly it. Woah, why am I being targeted like this with foreign propaganda? So, it’s business as usual in Gaza is the implication?

rvnx · 2h ago

The most likely is that your browsing history (via retargeting pixels on the websites), Google searches or YouTube history show interest into Palestine or Israel.

From there you become part of the audience groups, that are chosen by advertisers targeting these interests.

ivape · 2h ago

This is kind of intense if they do this while the history is not settled or agreed upon by sensible people yet, no?

Basically we’re talking WW2 level propaganda but with targeted ads.

Full disclosure:

I watch a lot of Democracy Now:

https://youtu.be/G-BLhMixwKU

I think this is the best ad I ever saw, pretty sure he breaks down somewhere in there. He speaks well about what he wanted his daughter to learn.

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DaveZale · 2h ago

clear your browsing history cookies, switch to Brave or Tor browser. It will stop.

Most of Si Valley is infiltrated

DaveZale · 2h ago

Certain zionista activities are clear proof that evil is a real thing. I am not anti-Jewish but their activities are clearly and self-conciously genocidal which is even worse. Stomach churning even if you are a billion miles away

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nick_travels · 3h ago

Do better research. And HN is definitely not the place for this.

Is this tech related? Are you mother Theresa?

ivape · 3h ago

Where do I start? Link me to educate myself. If they let some journalists in, at least I could ask these simple people what their favorite fast food joint is in Gaza 2025.

nick_travels · 3h ago

This has been edited. With all due respect, I don't want to educate anyone.

The Middle East is a complex place.

bigyabai · 2h ago

> so it's actually impossible for you to filter it and find the facts

Don't gatekeep like this. It's not your place to do it, there are still facts and worthwhile discussions to be had around them.

nick_travels · 2h ago

Nobody is gatekeeping, just sharing my perspective. I'm up for respected discussion, and any fact and worthwhile discussion is very much welcome.

ivape · 2h ago

May you burn quietly in hell. Don’t speak to me dude. That’s about as polite as I can be, forgive me God.

nick_travels · 2h ago

No offense taken. This is your opinion, I have mine. We certainly don't have to agree on it.

rvnx · 2h ago

We can't even agree here whether LLMs are useful for programming, so I doubt we are going to resolve a 100+ years conflict.

nick_travels · 2h ago

Exactly haha

ivape · 2h ago

Why would the shameless take offense? Anyway, that’s how the ads tried to convince me. I thought I’d let y’all know.