This is something I've been thinking as well. This could be some kind of adversarial action against Techdirt rather than googles adsense just randomly going crazy.
However. I think it's more plausible that it's someone who's trying to blackmail adsense users, or maybe even just trying to practice the technique in preparation for bigger fish.
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Re: Someone who hates you is doing this on purpose
This is something I've been thinking as well. This could be some kind of adversarial action against Techdirt rather than googles adsense just randomly going crazy. However. I think it's more plausible that it's someone who's trying to blackmail adsense users, or maybe even just trying to practice the technique in preparation for bigger fish.