Climate-change deniers to be banned from monetising content on Google and YouTube

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Google to prevent climate-change deniers from monetising content or display ads

Google's new policy prohibits ads for, and monetisation of, content that contradicts scientific consensus around the existence of climate change

Google will no longer allow ads that deny the existence of climate change to appear on YouTube videos and other content. Announcing new changes in a support document, the company stated that it ...

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