Google removed 200 sites of its advertising service in combat to false news

in google •  8 years ago  (edited)

                                                                                    In an effort to combat the proliferation of fake news, Google has announced that it has removed nearly 200 sites from its AdSense advertising service in November and December 2016, according to "Wired" magazine. Among them were some who "went through news organizations".

About 550 sites were investigated by the company on suspicion of displaying misleading content to its users and 340 have suffered some form and punishment. Of these, 200 were banned permanently - but it can not be said that all were linked to false news.

According to the publication, many of them used newsgroup-like addresses or other tricks to appear legitimate to users. With the measure, these sites will no longer be able to receive income from Google's service advertisements.

In addition, the company also removed more than 1.7 billion advertisements that violated its policies.                                             

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Title has a misspelling. Bane should be bans. Your content will be shared on Twitter and GPlus.

Okay, thank you for letting me know.

I moved to removed

Good to see that google is taking action.

Truth, with that no one else will be deceived in these news sites, false, and promising something that is not real, congratulations to google at the initiative thank you friend for seeing my post, have a good day.

What is fake news and who decides what is fake news? Who do you ask for the truth?

Friend, the question is about advertising companies that put false information on google, and promise income or any other misleading factor where many internet users have been fooled a long time, for something that is not relevant.

Thanks for clarification. The term 'fake news' is confusing as the context and the source link is missing in your post. Especially recently, calling fake news is a hot topic (wikileaks, buzzfeed, CNN, Trump, etc.) and stands for something much larger than crooked ad companies generating click-bait for profit.

Good afternoon I sent you the link to the information source.