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> FB, Google sell billions in ads to China Citation needed. Both are effectively completely blocked in China by the GFW.
by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
> FB, Google sell billions in ads to China
Citation needed. Both are effectively completely blocked in China by the GFW.
- dirtyid 6y agoChinese buys FB ads to sell in other regions, same with Google. They have other business presence there too. It's small relative to global operations, but point is, if they follow the law, they can operate legally. Like Microsoft. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-china-focus/facebook-defies-china-headwinds-with-new-ad-sales-push-idUSKBN1Z616Q https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-china-focus/face...
- pishpash 6y agoAds are sold on the platforms for clicks outside China. There may be other B2B revenue streams.
- yorwba 6y agoGoogle the search engine is blocked in China. Google Ads aren't. It used to be the case that if you visited a website with Google Ads from China without VPN, most of those ads would be for VPN services. Last year, Google stopped showing VPN ads in China to comply with Chinese regulations: https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-bans-vpn-ads-in-china/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-bans-vpn-ads-in-china/