Google removes HIV "cure" ad after complaints
by Tony Grew
PinkNews UK
Internet company Google has said that advertisements supplied by its AdSense service to websites across the country should not have included ones that claim to "cure" HIV.
"We review our policies to make sure that they are consistent with local business practices and customs," a Google spokesperson explained.
"Our current policy does not allow ads that proclaim to 'cure HIV' because they are misleading.
"Unfortunately, these ads seem to have escaped our automated detectors but the ads will now be banned from the system."
PinkNews UK
Internet company Google has said that advertisements supplied by its AdSense service to websites across the country should not have included ones that claim to "cure" HIV.
"We review our policies to make sure that they are consistent with local business practices and customs," a Google spokesperson explained.
"Our current policy does not allow ads that proclaim to 'cure HIV' because they are misleading.
"Unfortunately, these ads seem to have escaped our automated detectors but the ads will now be banned from the system."
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