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Google Bans Bail Bond Services From Advertising on Its Platform

Google wants to 'protect users from deceptive products'

google-bailbonds-content-2018 — About 500,000 Americans are held in jail because they can’t post their set bail.Photo Illustration: Dianna McDougall; Sources: Getty Images, Google

May 8, 2018

In a blog post on Monday, Google took a bite out of bail bond services. The company announced that starting in July, it will prohibiting ads from bail bond service companies across all of its platforms.

Josh Sternberg

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Josh Sternberg is the former media and tech editor at Adweek.

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Google Bans Bail Bond Services From Advertising on Its Platform

Google wants to 'protect users from deceptive products'

Josh Sternberg

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