Google Ad Policy

YouTube is cracking down on artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content posted on the platform, and as a first step, it has asked creators to disclose when a video has been altered using AI or generated using AI tools. The announcement comes after the video-streaming giant updated its content policy in November 2023 to create transparency when A...

Starting January 29, 2024, advertisers of cryptocurrency coin trusts will be able to market their products to the masses in the US via Google ads. The search engine giant has decided to take this decision just this week. The implementation of these changes is slated for January next year, around the same time that BTC and ETH ETFs could get approv...

Alphabet's YouTube said on Friday that the platform would stop removing content that might have spread false claims related to US presidential elections in 2020 and before. "In the current environment, we find that while removing this content does curb some misinformation, it could also have the unintended effect of curtailing political speech," Yo...

Snap reported on Tuesday that the firm swung to a net loss in Q4 2022 and the parent firm of popular app Snapchat expects revenue to fall by up to 10 percent in the current quarter. The company said that its business continued to be hurt by a weakening economy, increased competition from rivals and "platform policy changes".

The government is looking at a policy to help create an indigenous smartphone operating system that rivals Google’s Android ad Apple’s iOS, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said.

Google Play store is revising many of its existing policies and adding new terms. As a part of the same, Google has applied a blanket ban on sexual content and will ban 'Sugar Dating' apps starting September 1. Many such apps were present on the Google Play store.

Google today announced more than 50 new features to its products including Google Classroom and Google Meet. Google has also rebranded its existing G Suite for Education as Google Workspace for Education.

Google faced a bipartisan buzzsaw of tough questions about its ad business in a hearing on Tuesday, with a particular focus on whether it misused its dominance in online advertising to drive profits.

Google said on Monday that it had removed search ads that charged users searching for voting information large fees for voter registration or harvested their personal data.

Google said on Thursday it was tackling unlawful discrimination by barring housing, employment and credit ads from being targeted to its users based on their postal code, gender, age, parental status or marital status.

Google Maps is receiving a new updated location sharing user interface. The update does not add new features to the location sharing option but changes the overall look.

Google has blocked and removed coronavirus-related marketing pitches in recent months for policy violations including price-gouging and misleading claims, according to ads privacy and safety vice president Scott Spencer.

Google will begin to allow some clients, including hospitals, to run advertisements relating to the coronavirus on its platforms, in a change to its rules on ads around "sensitive events," which it plans to extend to political organisations.

Google has started alerting its users about the update of its terms of service (ToS), which will happen on March 31. The updated claims to offer "improved readability" and "better communication", as well as adding Chrome/OS and Google Drive to the ToS.

YouTube's recent policy update has added a new item to the list of "harmful or dangerous content".

YouTube is cracking down on artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content posted on the platform, and as a first step, it has asked creators to disclose when a video has been altered using AI or generated using AI tools. The announcement comes after the video-streaming giant updated its content policy in November 2023 to create transparency when A...

Starting January 29, 2024, advertisers of cryptocurrency coin trusts will be able to market their products to the masses in the US via Google ads. The search engine giant has decided to take this decision just this week. The implementation of these changes is slated for January next year, around the same time that BTC and ETH ETFs could get approv...

Alphabet's YouTube said on Friday that the platform would stop removing content that might have spread false claims related to US presidential elections in 2020 and before. "In the current environment, we find that while removing this content does curb some misinformation, it could also have the unintended effect of curtailing political speech," Yo...

Snap reported on Tuesday that the firm swung to a net loss in Q4 2022 and the parent firm of popular app Snapchat expects revenue to fall by up to 10 percent in the current quarter. The company said that its business continued to be hurt by a weakening economy, increased competition from rivals and "platform policy changes".

The government is looking at a policy to help create an indigenous smartphone operating system that rivals Google’s Android ad Apple’s iOS, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said.

Google Play store is revising many of its existing policies and adding new terms. As a part of the same, Google has applied a blanket ban on sexual content and will ban 'Sugar Dating' apps starting September 1. Many such apps were present on the Google Play store.

Google today announced more than 50 new features to its products including Google Classroom and Google Meet. Google has also rebranded its existing G Suite for Education as Google Workspace for Education.

Google faced a bipartisan buzzsaw of tough questions about its ad business in a hearing on Tuesday, with a particular focus on whether it misused its dominance in online advertising to drive profits.

Google said on Monday that it had removed search ads that charged users searching for voting information large fees for voter registration or harvested their personal data.

Google said on Thursday it was tackling unlawful discrimination by barring housing, employment and credit ads from being targeted to its users based on their postal code, gender, age, parental status or marital status.

Google Maps is receiving a new updated location sharing user interface. The update does not add new features to the location sharing option but changes the overall look.

Google has blocked and removed coronavirus-related marketing pitches in recent months for policy violations including price-gouging and misleading claims, according to ads privacy and safety vice president Scott Spencer.

Google will begin to allow some clients, including hospitals, to run advertisements relating to the coronavirus on its platforms, in a change to its rules on ads around "sensitive events," which it plans to extend to political organisations.

Google has started alerting its users about the update of its terms of service (ToS), which will happen on March 31. The updated claims to offer "improved readability" and "better communication", as well as adding Chrome/OS and Google Drive to the ToS.

YouTube's recent policy update has added a new item to the list of "harmful or dangerous content".