Selena Gomez Accuses Google of Spreading Election Disinformation, and Google Responds

Selena Gomez Accuses Google of Spreading Election Disinformation, and Google Responds

In October, Selena Gomez sent an open letter (opens in new tab) to Google and its CEO, Sundar Pichai, asking them to remove ads spreading false information about the U.S. presidential election and the U.S. vote. She stated:

Hi Sundar, We have never met you, but we have learned that Google is making millions of dollars by placing ads on websites spreading false information about the election. I expect you are aware of this as well. Please stop this immediately. The fate of our country is at stake. Thank you, Serena

In the wake of Joe Biden's victory and the spread of disinformation on the Internet (open in new tab) about the legitimacy of his victory, Gomez has doubled down on his efforts to blame the tech giant. After UNICEF announced that it would remove ads from websites promoting disinformation about the election, Gomez congratulated the company on its decision.

Thanks, @Unicefusa, "We need to get more organizations to do this too. googleads needs to stop spreading hate and misinformation."

And she got a response: "Serena, thank you for contacting us about this. We agree that there is no place for hate or election misinformation when our platform is used to post ads, and we appreciate anytime a potential violation is flagged to us. We have long had a policy of removing ads from articles that incite hatred or violence or that promote demonstrably false claims that seriously undermine participation or trust in elections. If content violates our policy, we will take action, including removing ads from the offending page. If advertisers wish to advertise beyond the scope of our policy, we provide tools, such as those used by UNICEF, to ensure that advertisers have control over the placement of ads against content that is not appropriate for their brand. Specific websites (http://goo.gle/3pqPC5o(新しいタブで開きます))やトピック全体(http://goo.gle/2Uwiz1j(新しいタブで開きます))を除外することができます。そして、このプロセスを可能な限りシームレスにすることを目指しています。詳しくはこちら→http://goo.gle/2IzxdCL (opens in new tab)"

Bless our Queen Serena for doing what we all should be doing as we fight the great evil the Internet.

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