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Australian Sex Party May Sue Google Over Ad Refusal
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?"
I totally agree. But it is frustrating. They don't give any reason, just a "denied"
Well, they have pretty close to a monopoly on web advertising. If this continues, I hope the govt breaks down Google or pushes for regulations that govern web advertising.
No shoes, no shirt...
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Yes, 'used to be': The party got disbanded after they tried for four years to get enough autographs from people for them to have any right of existence (by lack of any other words :) ).
Since they couldn't get these 'votes of confidence', they couldn't start their party (the core members of the group was only about 4: 2 of them the typical dodgy pedophile).
Also, this pedophile-party used to organise group-events, but that recently got banned by a judge, as apparently dodgy stuff was taking place.
No shoes, no shirt...
I have always wondered what would happen if you walked into an establishment with a sign saying that with a shirt, shoes, and no pants. They never said anything about pants.