Google Bans VPN Ads in China (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @06:00AM from the how-about-that dept.

Google has banned ads for virtual private network (VPN) products targeting Chinese users, ZDNet reported on Wednesday. From a report: The company cited "local legal restrictions" as the cause of the VPN ad ban. "It is currently Google Ads policy to disallow promoting VPN services in China, due to local legal restrictions," Google said in an email today. The email was received and shared with ZDNet by VPNMentor, a website offering advice, tips, and reviews of VPN products. The company said Google prevented its employees from placing Google search ads for the Chinese version of its site.

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Re:So what? by DNS-and-BIND · 2019-03-20 06:34 · Score: 0, Troll

Universal laws, universal moral truths, universal values. When people are oppressed by their governments, it is America's job to intervene and implement regime change. Just like we're doing in Venezuela right now.
What's that, China doesn't have any oil? Well they can have their own laws then, who cares?

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Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!