[ilamont]

Good luck getting a straight, specific answer from anyone at Google regarding supposed problems that violate one of their vaguely worded policies. Some of the stuff flagged by their automated systems are laughable - one that comes to mind is an ad promoting genealogy research that was blocked for promoting birth control.

Not that the other platforms are much better. A nonfiction book publisher once told me her Amazon detail page on a book about surviving breast cancer was rejected for promoting sexual content. Besides the description containing the word "breast", the word "therapist" in the description was interpreted by Amazon's "AI" as being about rape.

[ajsnigrutin]

https://i.imgflip.com/4600cy.jpg

[glaucon]

> that was blocked for promoting birth control

I can't let this pass without commenting on it. When did promoting birth control become a problem ? Is Google run by some religious cabal who believe that we shouldn't contradict God's will ? I assume the intention is to keep various groups in the USA happy ? Would be interested to know if you can "promote birth control" outside of the USA.

[dangrossman]

> Google doesn't allow ads related to birth control or fertility products in the following countries: Bahrain, China, Djibouti, Egypt, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territory, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/176031?hl=en

[dymk]

A nice list of countries to not do business with, I see!

[Induane]

Makes me think of SNL's celebrity Jeopardy.

[snickerbockers]

That's pretty ironic because I've definitely seen hentai for sale on Amazon.

[matheusmoreira]

> was blocked for promoting birth control

Is this prohibited? Why?