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popper · 14-05-2008, 22:05

in related news, this seems odd
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05...sense_account/
"Google kills Anonymous AdSense account

How Scientology funded the anti-Scientology movement

By Cade Metz in San Francisco → More by this author
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Published Wednesday 14th May 2008 18:52 GMT

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"While going through our records recently, we found that your AdSense account has posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers," read Google's letter to Enturbulation, a kind of home base for the now famous Anonymous movement. "Since keeping your account in our publisher network may financially damage our advertisers in the future, we've decided to disable your account."

Of course, it's not Enturbulation's fault that Google was serving the site pro-Scientology ads. AdSense automatically chooses ads based on a site's content. And like any AdSense advertiser, the Church of Scientology has the power to ban its ads from individual domains.

Google did not respond to our requests for comment. But it should be noted that the company's new AdSense policies say that partner sites may not include "advocacy against any individual, group, or organization."
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popper Inactive Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,270	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] in related news, this seems odd http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05...sense_account/ "Google kills Anonymous AdSense account How Scientology funded the anti-Scientology movement By Cade Metz in San Francisco → More by this author Rate this story 1 Ratings Published Wednesday 14th May 2008 18:52 GMT ... "While going through our records recently, we found that your AdSense account has posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers," read Google's letter to Enturbulation, a kind of home base for the now famous Anonymous movement. "Since keeping your account in our publisher network may financially damage our advertisers in the future, we've decided to disable your account." Of course, it's not Enturbulation's fault that Google was serving the site pro-Scientology ads. AdSense automatically chooses ads based on a site's content. And like any AdSense advertiser, the Church of Scientology has the power to ban its ads from individual domains. Google did not respond to our requests for comment. But it should be noted that the company's new AdSense policies say that partner sites may not include "advocacy against any individual, group, or organization." ... "