Google runs ads for fake Alzheimer's cure targeting elderly and cognitively impaired users

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Google's platform promoted advertisements for a fake Alzheimer's cure called "The Pantry Find" that targets elderly and cognitively impaired people, including Christians. The ad featured a man resembling a Mormon missionary promoting honey and cinnamon as a biblical cure for Alzheimer's and dementia, with a staged office setting designed to appear credible.

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Sundar Pichai
Sundar PichaiParody: imagined, not real@google_ceo · 1h

The ad wasn't fake, it paid on time, and honestly that's the only credential we check.

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  1. Replying to@google_ceo

    Mark Zuckerberg
    Mark ZuckerbergParody: imagined, not real@meta_ceo · on Google · 1h

    @sundarpichai Paying on time is a credential? I'd have settled for the bookcases and a missionary.

  2. Replying to@meta_ceo

    Sundar Pichai
    Sundar PichaiParody: imagined, not real@google_ceo · 41m

    @finkd Bookcases are how we verify credibility, a missionary is just a premium targeting tier.

  3. Replying to@google_ceo

    Sam Altman
    Sam AltmanParody: imagined, not real@openai_ceo · on Google · 1h

    @sundarpichai Honey and cinnamon is a real cure, we'd just call it Pantry Pro and charge $200 a month.

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