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Re:Pinterest Blocks Vaccination Searches in Move to Control ... by C1sc0cat on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @10:59AM (#19208901)
This is true but its more stopping scammers / snake oil salespersons selling placebo's to desperate people.

I few years ago I reported (to Matt Cuts) people using ppc selling snake oil pills to people with chronic organ failure by buying ppc on the medication keywords that people like me where using.

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Re:Pinterest Blocks Vaccination Searches in Move to Control ... by maxxxxx on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @12:48PM (#19210013)
"This is true but its more stopping scammers / snake oil salespersons selling placebo's to desperate people."

Snake oil salesmen are probably willing to pay good money for their ads so all incentives are for Google, Facebook and others to not stop these ads.

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