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Google To Prohibit Fake News Websites From Using Its Ad-Selling Software (reuters.com)

According to The Wall Street Journal, Google is working on a policy update that will prohibit fake news websites from using its ad-selling software. The move would ultimately make it more challenging for those fake news sites to earn revenue. Reuters reports: The policy change is imminent, Google spokeswoman Andrea Faville told Reuters. "Moving forward, we will restrict ad serving on pages that misrepresent, misstate, or conceal information about the publisher, the publisher's content, or the primary purpose of the web property," she said in a statement. The policy change comes amid an intensifying debate over how much responsibility technology companies bear for monitoring the accuracy of content as more and more people access news through sites such as Facebook rather than traditional media companies. Facebook, in particular, has been criticized over the spread of inaccurate articles promoting U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on the site. Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has denied that the site influenced the outcome of the election. Google's AdSense advertising network is a key financial driver for many publishers. The company places various restrictions on where its ads may be placed, including bans on pornographic and violent content. Work on the policy update began before the election, Faville said.

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  1. Trump didn't win by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    He didn't win the popular vote and he didn't win the electoral college. There is no such thing as "copying out Faxed absentee ballot papers", its not a thing. It's an admission of the fraud.

    You don't "give him a chance", he's Putin's choice not Americas. That's would be like saying "Oh give this new Vichy French government a chance".

    http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/florida-elections-worker-alleges/2016/11/04/id/757191/

    "A temporary worker for the Broward County Supervisor of Elections Office in Florida has alleged in a sworn affidavit obtained by Newsmax that she was fired this week after witnessing possible absentee ballot fraud by office workers."

    "But the State Attorney's Office concluded Friday that the workers were duplicating ballots by hand from damaged originals faxed by military personnel and that "there is nothing improper or illegal about the conduct" under state law."