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Re:Google has banned 200 publishers since it passed a new po... by notpc on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @06:25PM (#13487247)
It shouldn't be an ad network's job to adjudicate truth, especially given Google's monopolistic position. They should stick to selling and reselling eyeballs and clicks, and regulating things directly material to that, e.g. deceitful ad placement.
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Re:Google has banned 200 publishers since it passed a new po... by maxerickson on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @07:00PM (#13487436)
So they should be banned from providing their customers (the people buying ads) assurances about the sorts of content their ads will appear next to? Seems like that forces them to leave a lot of value on the table.
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Re:Google has banned 200 publishers since it passed a new po... by notpc on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @07:50PM (#13487785)
It doesn't sound like ad purchasers have much of a choice here.
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Re:Google has banned 200 publishers since it passed a new po... by lern_too_spel on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @06:28PM (#13487262)
This article is about deceptive publishers pretending to be well-known sites, not about anybody trying to be an arbiter of truth.
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Re:Google has banned 200 publishers since it passed a new po... by jamra on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @07:40PM (#13487715)
It specifically names propaganda sites. The problem though is that the definition of propaganda should not lie in the hands of google alone. Never hand over shackles that could one day be used on you.
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Re:Google has banned 200 publishers since it passed a new po... by lern_too_spel on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @10:49PM (#13488540)
You misread "impersonating news sites became an addition following the rapid rise of fake news, or propaganda sites."
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