Posted on 03/20/2017 6:27:14 PM PDT by simpson96
Global brands including Volkswagen, Toyota and Tesco last night joined the more than 250 companies that have suspended advertising deals with Google as the internet giant apologised for failing to crack down on extremism.
ITV, Aviva and Heinz also pulled advertising from YouTube, Google’s video platform, after an investigation by The Times found the companies promoted on videos posted by hate preachers, rape apologists and homophobic extremists banned from entering Britain.
A growing number of brands have blocked Google or YouTube advertising since the revelations last week. They include Marks & Spencer, Lloyds Bank, O2, L’Oréal, RBS, the BBC, Channel 4 and McDonald’s, as well as the British government. Google does not disclose YouTube revenues, but the accounts are thought to be worth more than
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Who cares
This will lead to censorship. I promise you.
Well, good.
Not only does Google lose business, but we get another list of globalist snowflake companies to boycott!!!
Win- Win!
The same companies that have no problem sponsoring homo eroticism exposed to children during prime time.
Yep. That’s whole point. Led by corporatists. All in cahoots.
Wow.
Of that I have no doubt. Other countries do not believe in freedom of speech. It is no accident that they want Americans censored.
BiPolar - that’s exactly what I think! The EU will demand it censorship, the US companies will do it for their business, and WE will lose our First Amendment RIGHTS. Must develop conservative ‘Talk Radio’ FB/ Google and so forth.
Hmm.. wonder who would determine hat will be considered extreme speech? As if Google is not already hard left. This will lead to censorship of anything not full out left.
“FTA: “...hate preachers, rape apologists and homophobic extremists...”
Whether they know it or not, they described islamists, didn’t they? “
Are you kidding? Liberals do NOT see any difference between Islamists and Christians.
They are saying that Google isn’t COMMIE enough for them??? Hard to believe man.
Wow, these companies need to be boycotted, because what they want would shut down Freerepublic. We’d literally be in prison if they have their way.
islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.
“wonder who would determine hat will be considered extreme speech? “
The advertisers.
Google works for them. It gets all it’s money from them.
Same with FB.
I’m sure that hate preacher = Bibically correct preacher.
Corporate censorship.
It’s probably planned and coordinated to create the “need” for censorship.
It's the first step towards censorship. Instead of an open and free internet we will have sites like FR shutdown because these large companies with shareholders say it is in the nations best interests.
So these “global brands” do not really believe in Free Speech.
What is really going on? The globalists are now being threatened directly, so watch the definition of “hate speech” get expanded to all “populist” groups. THEIR agenda is threatened and they want to threaten Google’s parent company into either showing it is with them or see more anti-Google legal efforts start coming from the globalists’ political friends.
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