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Google temporarily bans addiction center ads globally following exposure of seedy referral deals
Google is temporarily halting advertisements worldwide for addiction and rehabilitation centers, following a report last week showing it was acting as a platform for shady referral services earning huge undisclosed commissions.
Essentially these ads, which commanded huge prices on Google's networks, would show for people seeking addiction treatment; the help lines and services listed would then refer the person to an addiction center. These centers were, unknown to their new patients, paying enormous finders fees to the referral services, on the order of tens of thousands of dollars.
The ads were already banned in the U.S., but were banned in the UK following a Sunday Times investigation. Google then extended that ban worldwide.
Also at The Verge.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 16 2018, @04:47AM
As you requested, I have looked into the matter. I can see it. It's not good, but I can see it. I can see the future of your ass. I'm the Assteller.
You're feeling Tough. Why? Because you ingested a certain pill. You feel as though you could defeat anyone or anything, and as you look around your bedroom, you see a wizard puppet. It tells you this: "Don't go in the living room." You instantly leave the bedroom and head towards the very room the wizard puppet told you not to go into.
Sure, that children's toy is pure evil, but so what? You're Tough now, and regardless of what it tries to do to you, you could defeat it without a single problem. You chuckle to yourself as you walk towards the living room. "What an insolent insect that wizard puppet was!" you think. You'll show it what for. You finally arrive at your destination.
As soon as you step into the living room, you hear someone scream, "I told you not to go in the living room!" You prepare to beat the wizard puppet as soon as it appears, but what happens next exceeds your expectations. You are transported into your bedroom, and all your clothes except your undies are gone. Additionally, you cannot move a single cheek, perhaps because your and feet are somehow stuck under your dresser drawer handles. "What's going on here!?" you shout.
You know. You know you should've never challenged the wizard. As you begin thinking this, a certain magical spell is cast upon your ass, and every molecule of your snap is overwhelmed by a particular feeling. Yes, that feeling is tickle! No! The wizard cast a magical spell from his yellow star-shaped wand, which caused star-shaped glitter to fly everywhere and tickle your ass! The substance which appeared similar to glitter all began bouncing around inside your ass, tickling it horribly! To make matters worse, the wizard slammed his face into your snappyhole and was pressing upon it, thereby tickling it even further! No! No, not the tickle! You begin apologizing profusely, but given your immense suffering, all that exits your mouth is gibberish. The wizard laughs as he continues inflicting preposterous levels of tickle upon the snappiest hole in existence...