Australian Sex Party May Sue Google Over Ad Refusal

Posted by timothy on Friday July 20, 2012 @05:18PM from the when-real-names-attack dept.

New submitter niftydude writes "Australian newspaper The Age is carrying the story: The Australian Sex Party has threatened Google with legal action after the search engine refused to run its ads on the eve of tomorrow's Melbourne by-election. It comes after Sex Party ads were blocked by Google at the last federal election because the company — which is typically opposed to censorship — perceived the text as too racy (the ads were reinstated by Google the day before the election). Sex Party candidate Fiona Patten said this time the search giant said it would not approve her ads 'because we have a donate button on our page and we're not a charity.' Don't all political parties allow donations? Is google imposing its own sense of morality onto Australian politics?"

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porn party? by rainmouse · 2012-07-20 17:42 · Score: 0, Flamebait

And if they were the child porn party? Would it still be censorship to ban their adds? Google have to draw a line somewhere and this is where they chose to do it.
Grammar Standards Imposition by guttentag · 2012-07-20 18:01 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Sex Party Candidate: "Is google imposing it's own sense of morality onto Australian politics?"
No, but if you keep confusing "it's" with "its" you may find people imposing common standards of grammar on you. That can't be good for your credibility. As if being a self-proclaimed mouthpiece for a sex party wasn't bad enough.