Still More Advertisers Pull Google Ads Over YouTube Hate Videos (morningstar.com)

"A week after Google apologized for running customers' advertisements alongside objectionable videos, triggering a change in policy, its YouTube site is still rife with examples that are angering more big advertisers and causing some to cut spending with the tech giant," reports the Dow Jones Newswire. Reporters from the Wall Street Journal spotted ads from Microsoft, Amazon, and Procter & Gamble appearing on hate videos -- and thus indirectly funding them. An anonymous reader quotes their report: Asked about the Journal's finding that their ads were still appearing with such content on YouTube as of Thursday night, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Dish Network Corp. said Friday they were suspending spending on all Google advertising except targeted search ads. Starbucks Corp. and General Motors Co. said they were pulling their ads from YouTube. FX Networks, part of 21st Century Fox Inc., said it was suspending all advertising spending on Google, including search ads and YouTube. Wal-Mart said: "The content with which we are being associated is appalling and completely against our company values."
An executive at one of the affected companies complained that Google "had assured us over the past few days that our brands were safe from this type of content. Despite their assurances, it's clear they couldn't give assurance."

Comments

Re:Why is Google filled with so much hate?

[Anonymous Coward]

Glenn Beck: I'm not saying so-and-so is a child molester, but IF so-and-so isn't a child molester, WHY is he silent? WHY doesn't so-and-so disavow molestation? What does so-and-so have to HIDE?

Conclusion: So-and-so is a child molester.

Re: Alternative media.

[Anonymous Coward]

violation of the first? the constitution is law that governs corporations? you don't know what the constitution or the bill of rights is, do ya frenchy.

Re: Alternative media.

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

Removing racist opinions is a violation of the first amendment.

You fail.

The First Amendment applies to the government restricting or suppressing free speech.

A private entity like Google/Youtube has no such obligation whatsoever. They're free to disallow comments or content for whatever reason(s) they want.

Get a copy of the constitution and read it. Or have someone read it to you, you dipshit.