Google Bans Ads For Essay-Writing Services

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @06:48PM 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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Legitimate Businesses by phantomcircuit · 2007-05-22 19:08 · Score: 0, Redundant

These are legitimate businesses, but that does not mean that Google has to display their ads.

Google can choose to display or not to display any ads they want. The supreme court has found many times that the right to not speak is equally as important as freedom of speech.