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Christian Institute aborts Google suit
GOOGLE AND THE CHRISTIAN Institute have settled their spat over the abortion ads which were rejected earlier this year.
Back in March, the Christian Institute tried to place an ad about its views on abortion in Adwords, which was rejected by Google on the grounds of 'inappropriate content.' While the search giant did allow non-religious sites to place ads on the subject of abortion, it had a policy of not advertising sites which combined 'abortion and religion-related content.'
After Google initially refused to change this policy, the Institute launched a legal action against Google in April under the Equality Act 2006.
Following the action, the two parties have reached an agreement on 'amicable terms' which allows religious associations, including the Christian Institute, to run ads through Adwords on the subject of abortion as long as they are 'in a factual and campaigning way.'
The new policy will apply world-wide with immediate effect. µ
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Shurely mutually exclusive. Or are we required to employ Doublethink. Anytime a religious group gets factual you gotta find those lie detectors.

Efros
.... the Ori advance their agenda, and for the want of money, and lack of common sense, corporate america caves
...religion have to do with facts?
Factual and anti-abortion and religion in one breath? That's new and quite daring, and probably impossible to combine.
Google should have stuck to their guns but of course that's not what google is known for is it, they bowed for censorship demands from china, germany, france, US, etcetera.
Why are people complaining about corporations bowing to censorship demands ?
People have morals, corporations have shareholders.
And shareholders want more money. Always.
So wake up and smell the coffee.
Google is a corporation, and a pretty rich one at that. Therefor, Google will do whatever it takes to maintain and increase its share and its margins, and that includes kowtowing to religious groups in exchange for more benjamins.
Any CEO who does not do that will be fired for mismanagement.