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Google has recently taken five days to decide whether to delete false mail advertisements
Google took five days to review a variety of commercials containing false details about voting by mail before opting to accept them, the Washington Post reported. The advertisements were created by Defend My Vote — a post collective referred to as "shadowy"—and tended to reach voters in many US states, including Arizona, Florida , Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, and Texas, in response to" mail-in-voting "requests. One of the advertisements reads think mail-in voting and absenteee voting are the same. Dream about it again! There are various protections for both of them, a false and unfounded assertion.
Google eventually failed to uninstall the advertisement. Spokeswoman Charlotte Smith said to the Post, We have zero tolerance for ads that use suppressive tactics or hinder political engagement. When we notice those advertisements, we'll pull them down. Google didn't respond directly to The Verge 's call for feedback on Saturday.
According to the Post, Protect My Vote is linked to the conservative FreedomWorks advocacy group, which has sponsored the re-election of President Trump. Over the last two years, the President has consistently challenged the legality of polling by mail, without providing any clear proof of criminal activity.
Google, Twitter , and Facebook have both attempted, with differing degrees of effectiveness, to tighten coverage of propaganda in campaign advertising ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Earlier this month, Facebook said it would begin to ban U.S. news sources with links to political parties from featuring on its News page, and Google revealed that it would prohibit political advertisers masquerading as local news sites from publishing advertisements in September. Twitter forbade all campaign advertisements earlier this year.
