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ARTICLE · 01 SEPTEMBER 2020

Google Declines To Remove Ads That Contain Election-Related Misinformation

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According to The Washington Post, Google was alerted to ads that contained misleading information about the difference between absentee voting and mail-in voting.

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According to The Washington Post, Google was alerted to ads that contained misleading information about the difference between absentee voting and mail-in voting.  It took Google five days to determine that it would allow the ads to remain, despite the fact that Facebook removed similar ads from the same group.  

The ads direct users to the website protectmyvote.com, which, say experts who were interviewed by The Washington Post, contain false information about voting by mail.  When questioned by The Washington Post, a Google spokesperson declined to answer specific questions about the ads or explain how they complied with the company's policies.  In contrast, Facebook stated it removed similar ads because of the "voter suppression tactics" used on protectmyvote.com.

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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