UK Gambling Commission<\/a> (UKGC) also partnered with Facebook in September to reduce gambling-related content that is shown to at-risk adults, such as problem gamblers, on the social media platform.<\/p>\nGoogle Criticized by Trump Supporters<\/h2>\n The latest move by Google follows attacks on the company by supporters of President Donald Trump. Supporters say the media sites unfairly posted information on the recent presidential campaign. Critics said postings favorable to Joe Biden were allowed, but not ones that were negative about Biden.\u00a0 Supporters also criticized Twitter and Facebook.<\/p>\n
Critics also claim negative postings on Trump were included in the social media sites. More positive stories on Trump often were not seen on the sites, critics add.<\/strong><\/p>\nEngadget<\/em>, a technology news site, reported this week that YouTube says it will remove videos from its site which challenge the 2020 presidential election results. Google said, that since September, it banned over 8,000 channels and \u201cthousands\u201d of videos for \u201charmful and misleading\u201d claims, Engadget <\/em>added.<\/p>\nGoogle Removes Political Ads Ban<\/h2>\n In addition, this week Google told advertisers that starting on Thursday, it was eliminating its ban on political ads that went into effect after polls closed on Nov. 3, according to Axios<\/em>, a US-based news site.<\/p>\nBut Google said it will continue to “rigorously enforce” ad policies, “which strictly prohibit demonstrably false information that could significantly undermine trust in elections or the democratic process, among other forms of abuse.”<\/strong><\/p>\nIn October, Republican Senators alleged Facebook, Google, and Twitter censored conservatives under the name of content moderation, Roll Call<\/em>, a US political news site, reported.<\/p>\nFor instance, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, (R-Tenn.), asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai during a Senate committee hearing whether the social media giant still employed Blake Lemoine, an engineer who criticized her online. Pichai told the Senator he did not know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Social media giant Google will give users an option to limit gambling ads they can view. The move starts with its YouTube division. The new feature begins with YouTube ads in the US. It is likely to be offered worldwide for Google Ads and YouTube in early 2021. It applies to all gambling and alcohol […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":158106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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