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Reporting an ad gives an error instead

I visited several Stack Exchange sites today and noticed several ads have improper placement on the page. I have tried to report ads in question and receive an error message no matter what combinations of options I select. While that may or may not be the right tool for reporting the issue, reporting doesn't work at all.

Is this user error? If there is a hidden reputation requirement, I likely do not meet it.

If this is a technical issue related to my setup, here are the details:

  • I am on Windows 11 Enterprise
  • My browser is Microsoft Edge for Business version 136.0.3240.76 with JavaScript enabled and the HP Wolf Security Extension
  • While the included picture is not required for the error to appear, the image is a 216KB png screenshot taken with the windows 11 clipping tool. Several other images of other mal-placed ads were tried as well.

Almost this exact question was asked on Stack Overflow Meta here 2 years ago, with no answer. Given that the post is 2 years old and that I have observed this all over stack exchange, I have opted to ask this question here. I searched for "ads" in Meta, and this doesn't appear to be any recent or directly relevant posts, though this post may be closest. I am unable to report the ad with or without a screenshot or diagnostic information selected, however.

Here is an example of the error I get: Screenshot of error message showing ads in background.