Google to ban climate denial ads
Part of: Prelims and GS-III – Climate change; Environment
Context Google will ban digital ads promoting false climate change claims from appearing next to other content.
- The restrictions will prohibit ads for content that contradicts well-established scientific consensus around climate change.
- It will help in limiting revenue for climate change deniers and stop the spread of misinformation on its platforms.
- The new policy will also apply to YouTube, which last week announced a sweeping crackdown of vaccine misinformation.
