Google Threatens To Ban The Federalist From Ad Platform For Comment Section Violations

Google has threatened to ban the conservative news and opinion site The Federalist from profiting off online advertising through Google Ads for violating the tech giant’s conditions against “inappropriate content.”

Google is disputing a NBC News report claiming that Google barred The Federalist and Zerohedge from Google’s ad platform over allegations that the sites spread false or racist information. Google has deplatformed Zerohedge, but only warned The Federalist and has given the site time to correct the violations.

“To be clear, The Federalist is not currently demonetized. We do have strict publisher policies that govern the content ads can run on, which includes comments on the site. This is a longstanding policy,” a Google spokesperson told The Daily Wire in a statement. The violations apply only to The Federalist’s comment section where the site’s readers are allowed comment on individual articles. Google did not cite any violations having to do with content by The Federalist’s writers or contributors.

Google is apparently walking back a statement given by a company spokesperson to NBC News. A spokesperson had initially claimed The Federalist was barred from profiting off advertisements run through Google Ads. Requests for clarification made to Google and NBC News were not immediately returned.