In 2002, the company was hit with a class action lawsuit over its use
of deceptive ads.
Not exact matches
«Since protecting users is a top priority for Google, we have detailed policies against
deceptive or misleading use
of trademarks in
ad text and take swift action when we see this type
of abuse on our platform,» the representative said.
Just don't buy
ads on sites where any
of the other advertisers on the site are misleading,
deceptive or misrepresentative.
Despite an unbelievable torrent
of mistakes, criticisms,
deceptive ads, and outright lies (remember the claims
of so - called «death panels»?)
There is an even more
deceptive K12 INC
ad called «An Introduction to Online Schools» that features a young child extolling all
of the wonderful things that will happen to children if they sign up for K12 INC — including becoming an astronaut!
But the Amazon product is the only one forcing
ads on you; none
of the competing vendors resort to such
deceptive tactics.
When the disclosure
of qualifying information is necessary to prevent an
ad from being
deceptive, the information should be presented clearly and conspicuously so that consumers can actually notice and understand it.
We recently had
deceptive ads removed from a number
of apps and prohibited two entire advertising networks from providing services to applications on Facebook Platform because they were not compliant with our policies and failed to correct their advertising practices.»
The move follows Facebook's decision to block cryptocurrency
ads, which was announced at the end
of January; the social network said that these financial products and services are «frequently associated with misleading or
deceptive promotional practices,» and cited examples
of ads that invited users to start binary options trading, buying into ICOs, and purchasing cryptocurrency.
Six weeks after a coalition
of consumer advocates accused Google
of using «
deceptive and unfair»
ads in its YouTube Kids app, the same group is raising new concerns about access to videos that are inappropriate for children.
The policy specifically prohibits
ads that promote those types
of products and services «that are frequently associated with misleading or
deceptive practices,» Facebook Product Management Director Rob Leathern wrote in a blog post today.
To be clear, Facebook says that these financial products and services are «frequently associated with misleading or
deceptive promotional practices,» and has a few choice examples to explain what sort
of ads will disappear from its feed, which you can see below:
Google implemented their own crypto
ads ban with the aim to stop the exposure
of misleading and
deceptive financial products and services.
«This policy is intentionally broad while we work to better detect
deceptive and misleading advertising practices,» wrote Rob Leathern, one
of Facebook's
ad tech directors.
The decision comes after Facebook Inc banned cryptocurrency
ads in January and Alphabet Inc's Google said it would ban such
ads starting in June, as part
of a broader effort to crack down on
deceptive and misleading advertising on their platforms.
The social media network accuses said
ads of «promot [ing] financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or
deceptive promotional practices,» claiming that «there are many companies who are advertising binary options, ICOs and cryptocurrencies that are not currently operating in good faith.»
On the 30th
of January, Facebook announced a new advertising policy that saw the prohibiting
of «
ads that promote financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or
deceptive promotional practices, such as binary options, initial coin offerings and cryptocurrency.»
If true, the move closely tracks similar decisions by Google, which banned cryptocurrency - related
ads from appearing in its
ad networks this week, and Facebook, which did the same in January as part
of a crackdown on «financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or
deceptive promotional practices.»
Mark Zuckerberg's social network banned cryptocurrency
ads in January, saying such type
of content is «frequently associated with misleading or
deceptive promotional practices.»
Facebook adds that they are working to improve detection
of deceptive and misleading
ad practices, and will be enforcing the policy across other platforms including Audience Network and -LSB-...]
Twitter's reported crypto
ad ban would come in the wake
of Facebook and Google prohibiting financial advertisements due to fear
of misleading or
deceptive promotional activities.
Facebook is firing back against misleading and
deceptive ad practices, and ICOs, cryptocurrencies and binary options are at the top
of their list.
The decision is due to the Facebook's intention to prohibit
ads of financial services and products «that are frequently associated with misleading or
deceptive promotional practices.»
Google is looking to improve the overall
ad experience for internet users, giving various examples
of how it punished
deceptive content online last year, and what it plans to do to improve the
ad experience.
The goal behind the ban, according to Google's director
of sustainable
ads Scott Spencer, is to protect the search giant's audience from «
deceptive content» served by unscrupulous actors that use cryptocurrency, as well as other types
of offers to scam people online.
We've already posted online
ads, had lots
of people spend time to come out and look at the space, and there's something that feels
deceptive about looping back and telling them we want more money (or posting a new add).