Met Police doing a great service!
 

bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25299593

"This pilot approach lasted three months and during that time PIPCU said the presence of adverts from well-known brands decreased by 12%.

However, there was a significant increase in adverts that led users to explicit content or exposed users to malware as websites tried to replace advertising from those well known brands, PIPCU said."

So now the ads are full of malware now instead and they're not able to take the sites downs (most domains and hosts will be bullet proof).

How much did this cost the british tax payer?