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A religious group is claiming that its right to advertise on the Internet has been stomped on for the second time by a major search engine.
Lycos in Waltham, Mass., has decided not to renew an ad contract with Jews for Jesus after it runs out.
There was “an organized email campaign” against the ad, said Lycos general counsel Jeffrey Snider, adding that accepting paid advertising that is controversial is “not good for business.”
“It’s absurd,” Jews for Jesus spokesperson Susan Perlman said of the furor over an ad that’s in “good taste.”
The ad began appearing July 6 when users typed in the key word “Jewish” on the Lycos homepage.
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