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Google Censors Australian Political Party Over Online Ads

Posted in: Censorship at 20/07/2012 14:00

The Australian Sex Party has threatened Google with legal action after the search engine refused to run its ads on the eve of tomorrow's Melbourne by-election.

It comes after Sex Party ads were blocked by Google at the last federal election because the company - which is typically opposed to censorship - perceived the text as too racy (the ads were reinstated by Google the day before the election).
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/sex-party-threatens-google-after-ad-spat-20120720-22e11.html
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/sex-party-threatens-google-after-ad-spat-20120720-22e11.html

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