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Google Bans 200 "Fake News" Publishers From Its Ad Network
Submitted by KenK on Fri, 2017-01-27 01:00
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"Also among those the removed ads were what Google calls 'tabloid cloakers.' These advertisers run what look like links to news headlines, but when the user clicks, an ad for a product such as a weight loss supplement pops up. Google suspended 1,300 accounts engaged in tabloid cloaking in 2016."
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So Google is the new Goebbels, deciding what news is fake and what is fit to be read.
There are other search engines; I've been using Ixquick. Any others recommended?
https://duckduckgo.com/ works well too