Huffpost Technology
Google just got a little less NSFW.
This week, Google banned advertisements that, in the words of the company, “promote graphic depictions of sexual acts.” These includes not only “hardcore pornography” but any depiction of “graphic sexual acts” like “masturbation” and “genital, anal, and oral sexual activity.”
Eesh.
This means that websites with this type of material will no longer be able to advertise using AdWords, Google’s massive advertising network that places ads in search results and on outside websites. Ads that don’t contain explicit words themselves, but still link to explicit sites, will also not be allowed. However, advertisements for strip clubs, lap dances, “non-intimate massage services” and “sexual dating sites” will still be permitted.

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