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Google Bans Ads For Essay-Writing Services

Posted by kdawson on from the write-it-yourself dept.

llamapalooza writes "Google announced that it will ban essay writing firms from advertising on their site. (The prevalence of cheating on campuses has been discussed here before.) While universities have welcomed the move, the affected firms are claiming it will 'punish legitimate businesses.' Google has specifically banned 'academic paper-writing services and the sale of pre-written essays, theses, and dissertations,' which now join other items on the banned list such as tobacco, drugs, weapons, and prostitution."

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  1. Prostitution? by poopdeville · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Prostitution is banned? I'm sure I've seen ads for the Colbert Report.

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  2. would they stop there? by ekran · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't know how big this problem is, but I feel that once you set down the path of banning things that "we don't like" then that list could grow long. How about companys that sell documents that look like university diplomas? To me it seems that they both would fall into the same category.

  3. Re:Banned list? by Smight · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is that "do no evil" or "Do KNOW EVIL!"? did anyone get this in writing or has this whole slogan thing been word of mouth?

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