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> The firm said it would also clarify under what circumstances it would remove political ads for making "false claims". Oh great, this means they will apply th

• me_me_me 7y ago
  >> The firm said it would also clarify under what circumstances it would remove political ads for making "false claims". >Oh great, this means they will apply the same rules to regular ads, right? So ban all ads altogether :)
• skybrian 7y ago
  They are claiming the rules will be somehow similar: > Whether you’re running for office or selling office furniture, we apply the same ads policies to everyone; there are no carve-outs. It’s against our policies for any advertiser to make a false claim—whether it's a claim about the price of a chair or a claim that you can vote by text message, that election day is postponed, or that a candidate has died. To make this more explicit, we’re clarifying our ads policies and adding examples to show how our policies prohibit things like “deep fakes” (doctored and manipulated media), misleading claims about the census process, and ads or destinations making demonstrably false claims that could significantly undermine participation or trust in an electoral or democratic process. https://blog.google/technology/ads/update-our-political-ads-policy https://blog.google/technology/ads/update-our-political-ads-...
• wutbrodo 7y ago
  This is already part of their stated policy.
• dillondoyle 7y ago
  This should be up to the FTC to enforce existing laws (in non-political advertising). Not a for-profit company. If the laws aren't adequate or enforcement isn't adequate I believe it's up to our Government to fix.