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The Industry Standard: Guest Blog: Tom Hespos
T-Shirt Maker "Gagged by Google" T-shirt maker Y-Que has apparently received an e-mail from Google asking it to remove certain politically-themed products from its website if it wishes to continue advertising with AdWords. According to the e-mail "Google AdWords has a policy of not permitting advertisements for language and site content that advocates against an individual, group, or organization." I doubt Google can be accused of political bias with a straight face in this particular instance, as the offending items cited include an anti-Kerry message alongside anti-Bush and anti-Cheney ones. However, this case does raise some interesting issues. Does this mean I couldn't advertise my blog on AdWords if I wanted to? What about politically-themed sites that advocate protests? I know it's a slippery-slope argument, but I think this Google policy could bring them dangerously close to stifling political speech. Posted by tomhespos, April 29, 2004 10:40 AM | 
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