Google plans to disable the AdSense ads on false news

People take advantage of social networks to make money using false information. False news have become a sensitive issue after the presidential elections in the United States with critics accusing Internet companies such as Twitter and Facebook to influence the election results as a result of false content, including the use of Photoshop images that went viral.

So, Google does not want the placement of ads on the distribution of false news.

               

“We've been working on an update to our publisher policies and will start prohibiting Google ads from being placed on misrepresentative content, just as we disallow misrepresentation in our ads policies,”. “Moving forward, we will restrict ad serving on pages that misrepresent, misstate, or conceal information about the publisher, the publisher's content, or the primary purpose of the web property.”

Google evidently expects that the threat of a cut in revenue from ads will dissuade sites from publishing fake content.

You can check out the Adsense policy here.

By removing a potential revenue stream, it will make the business of fake news a bit less lucrative.

Facebook has also updated its policy to rule out fake news sites from using Facebook Audience Network, which places ads on websites and mobile apps.

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