
<p>Google took a big step towards political censorship Thursday when it announced a new policy designed to prevent climate change deniers from making money on its platforms.  ;</p>



<p>The policy prohibits &#8220;ads for, and monetization of, content that contradicts well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climate change,&#8221; wrote Google in a blog post. </p>



<p>“In recent years, we’ve heard directly from a growing number of our advertising and publisher partners who have expressed concerns about ads that run alongside or promote inaccurate clams about climate change,&#8221; said Google&#8217;s ad team. &#8220;Advertisers simply don’t want their ads to appear next to this content.&#8221;</p>



<p><strong>What this means is that publishers and YouTube video creators who question or deny global warming won&#8217;t be able to make money or promote their content using ads. Eventually, these people will stop producing content and you won&#8217;t see anyone questioning climate change online.</strong></p>



<p>Remember in 2016 when Google skewed its search results to promote favorable content about Hillary Clinton and unfavorable content about Donald Trump? This is far worse than that. </p>



<p>Google&#8217;s new policy has nothing to do with global warming and everything to do with free speech. What we&#8217;re seeing here is the world&#8217;s most popular search engine banning content simply because it doesn&#8217;t like it. </p>



<p>With more than 80% of the world&#8217;s search market share, Google could easily influence public opinion and is likely already doing so. This must be stopped before it gets out of hand. </p>



<p><em>The policy regarding climate change goes into effect for publishers in November and for advertisers in December.</em></p>



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