Update Coming to Google’s Inappropriate Content Policy for Sensitive Events in October 2020
https://support.google.comIn October 2020, Google will update the Inappropriate content policy for Sensitive events. With this policy update the following will not be allowed:
❌ Ads that potentially profit from a sensitive event with significant social, cultural, or political impact, such as civil emergencies, natural disasters, public health emergencies, terrorism and related activities, conflict, and/or mass acts of violence
Examples (non-exhaustive): Appearing to profit from a tragic event with no discernible benefit to users; price gouging or artificially inflating prices that prohibits/restricts access to vital supplies; sale of products or services which may be insufficient for the demand during a sensitive event; using keywords related to a sensitive event to attempt to drive additional traffic
❌ Ads that claim victims of a sensitive event were responsible for their own tragedy or similar instances of victim blaming; ads that claim victims of a sensitive event are not deserving of remedy or support
Examples (non-exhaustive): Ads which claim victims from certain countries were responsible or deserving of a global public health crisis
The new policy will be in effect starting from October 1st, 2020.