[notpc]

It shouldn't be an ad network's job to adjudicate truth, especially given Google's monopolistic position. They should stick to selling and reselling eyeballs and clicks, and regulating things directly material to that, e.g. deceitful ad placement.

[maxerickson]

So they should be banned from providing their customers (the people buying ads) assurances about the sorts of content their ads will appear next to? Seems like that forces them to leave a lot of value on the table.

[notpc]

It doesn't sound like ad purchasers have much of a choice here.

[lern_too_spel]

This article is about deceptive publishers pretending to be well-known sites, not about anybody trying to be an arbiter of truth.

[jamra]

It specifically names propaganda sites. The problem though is that the definition of propaganda should not lie in the hands of google alone. Never hand over shackles that could one day be used on you.

[lern_too_spel]

You misread "impersonating news sites became an addition following the rapid rise of fake news, or propaganda sites."