Its been a bad week for Google, with major brands pulling millions of dollars in advertising amid rows over extremist content on YouTube.Starbucks and Walmart join growing list of advertisers boycotting YouTube In the US, the telecom companies AT&T and Verizon, as well as the pharmaceutical company GSK, Pepsi, Walmart, Johnson & Johnson and the car rental firm Enterprise, have all pulled advertising from Googles video-sharing platform, a contagion spreading from Europe, where a number of high-profile advertisers pulled out of YouTube following an investigation by the Times.Major brands content was found to be appearing next to videos promoting extremist views or hate speech, with a cut of the advertising spend going to the creators.Verizons ads were featured alongside videos made by Egyptian cleric Wagdi Ghoneim, who was banned from the US over extremism, and the hate preacher Hanif Qureshi, whose preachings were said to have inspired the murder of a politician in Pakistan.
Källa: Google’s bad week: YouTube loses millions as advertising row reaches US | Technology | The Guardian
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