Google trainee puts up dummy advert by mistake

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46466530

A Google training exercise that went wrong meant a dummy advert was placed on a "huge number" of webpages and apps, the Financial Times has reported.

The mistake meant a blank yellow rectangle was active on the sites and apps for about 45 minutes on 4 December, it said.

The ad was only visible to people in the US and Australia.

The mistake happened when trainees were being shown how to use Google's in-house ad placing system.

 

[WaxLyrical]

Mistakes at Google is like mass murder.