{"id":8860,"date":"2018-03-14T17:56:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T23:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8860"},"modified":"2018-03-14T17:56:50","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T23:56:50","slug":"google-bans-ads-on-bitcoin-other-cryptocurrencies","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/google-bans-ads-on-bitcoin-other-cryptocurrencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Facebook, Google bans ads on Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies &amp; binary options"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p class=\"u-m0\">Alphabet Inc\u2019s (<span class=\"caps\">GOOGL<\/span>.O) Google said on Wednesday it will ban advertisements for cryptocurrencies and related content starting in June 2018.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p>In 2017, popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin searches dominated Google\u2019s most searched terms and questions for the year.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new policy, the company will ban ads for unregulated or speculative financial products like binary options, cryptocurrency and financial spread betting among others.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate blog post, Google said it took down 3.2 billion ads that violated its advertising policies in 2017, nearly double the number of ads it removed in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImproving the ads experience across the web, whether that\u2019s removing harmful ads or intrusive ads, will continue to be a top priority for us,\u201d Scott Spencer, director of sustainable ads, said.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Facebook Inc (FB.O) said it will ban ads promoting financial products and services tied to cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings.<\/p>\n<p>The policy will be implemented across its platforms, including Facebook, Audience Network and Instagram, the company said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alphabet Inc\u2019s (GOOGL.O) Google said on Wednesday it will ban advertisements for cryptocurrencies and related content starting in June 2018. In 2017, popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin searches dominated Google\u2019s most searched terms and questions for the year. Under the new policy, the company will ban ads for unregulated or speculative financial products like binary options, cryptocurrency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[320,322],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Like Facebook, Google bans ads on Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies &amp; binary options<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Like Facebook, Google bans ads on Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies &amp; binary options\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/google-bans-ads-on-bitcoin-other-cryptocurrencies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Like Facebook, Google bans ads on Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies &amp; 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