Google Will Pause Ads Related To Elections After Polls Close On November 5th.

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• sbv@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This will include … ads that refer to US elections, their processes or outcomes.

  Google is expecting Trump and co to publicly contest the election. They’re trying to stop the ad platform from being used to spread election misinformation.

  Props.

  The headline does not make this clear at all.

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• moseschrute@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  …after which, they will remove all search results once and for all in favor of other low quality ads. I ln the process, they are redefining “search engine” as search box that spews only AI generated garbage disguised as search results. And they can get away with this since everyone googles word definitions instead of picking up a dictionary, so technically they are still a “search engine” by their own definition.

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  • merde@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “picking up a dictionary” :)

    i probably have a dozen kilograms of dictionaries. i don’t remember the last time i picked one up.

    i have 3 of these installed in addition to a Wiktionary interface.

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• Gingerlegs@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Then post strictly hate speech

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• LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I get it, so they’re more worried about misinformation about who won than misinformation that influences the actual voting. Well alrighty.

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  • Boiglenoight@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks. I was wondering—isn’t this backwards. It is! It’s backwards as all get out.

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• Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why would anyone be paying for campaign ads after the election?

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  • Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    To tell people it was rigged

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• LedgeDrop@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Facebook, now it’s your turn…

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