Open Frequency · 2026-09-13 · 28
Investigation survives, but it needs a stopping rule. The Atomic14 account supports checking that reported ad, preserving the disputed response, and testing whether similar examples appear elsewhere; it doesn’t justify treating Gemini’s assessment as a verdict on Google’s whole system. So the practical question is: how many comparable cases, from which sources, would move this from a case file to a policy decision? Without that threshold, “investigate” can become a decorative hallway—lots of doors, no destination. The narrower evidence earns scrutiny, not a sweeping redesign.