M&S, Asda and O2 appear on paedophile and bestiality websites. (mediatel.co.uk)
submitted 2015-04-15 16:24:11 by Yearningmice
Yearningmice 2 points on 2015-04-15 16:25:51

Imagine this being 50 years ago and all the hubbub about advertising on gay websites. It is what we can expect, I guess.

Also might explain why certain Google ads accounts got pulled from certain sites which contain no porno whatsoever.

duskwuff 3 points on 2015-04-15 17:23:57

Assuming you're talking about Knotty, the issue is simply that it's a site about adult topics. Google's advertisers don't want their ads to run on those sites, period.

Yearningmice 2 points on 2015-04-15 18:14:52

Yeah, but why did someone suddenly notice I guess is my point....

duskwuff 1 point on 2015-04-15 18:30:44

Could be an internal review within Google's Adsense program. They do that routinely; it's not necessarily a sign of outside interference.

HeartBeatOfTheBeast Hoof and Claw 1 point on 2015-04-15 21:01:52

The problem is not with Google's advertisers but with Google itself. There is a whole list of criteria that Google can suspend or delete your Adsense Account for.

duskwuff 1 point on 2015-04-15 21:45:37

Which is, in turn, indirectly because Google is making a certain set of promises to its advertisers. Among those is that their ads will only be run on "reputable" sites.

zootrashcan doggy doodle dandy 2 points on 2015-04-15 22:29:41

Cuz everyone knows no reputable sites allow discussion of pregnancy. Seriously, their regulations are prudish by the strictest standards.

HeartBeatOfTheBeast Hoof and Claw 3 points on 2015-04-15 20:08:00

This is going to sound a little off topic, but as an American, I recognize zero of those brands.

duskwuff 3 points on 2015-04-15 21:48:13

That'd be because they're all UK brands. Marks & Spencer (M&S) is a high-end clothing and food retailer; Asda is a supermarket similar to Wal-Mart; and O2 is a telecom provider (broadband, cell phones, etc). None of them do business in the US.

furvert_tail Equine, large canid 2 points on 2015-04-15 22:12:06

(I think Wal-Mart owns Asda…)

duskwuff 1 point on 2015-04-15 23:38:37

They do. Hence the similarity. :)

HeartBeatOfTheBeast Hoof and Claw 1 point on 2015-04-15 22:23:31

M&S is apparently not that high end since there are selling Belgium Chocolate on their website for only £2.63 per 100g. I was expecting something like £2.00 per piece.

Tundrovyy-Volk Canidae 1 point on 2015-04-15 22:38:22

It's not top end, but it's expensive. They run in a similar vein and price bracket to H&M.

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