Firms ditch YouTube ads over predatory comments on videos of children
by Samuel Gibbs and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#38VKS)
Global brands suspend YouTube and Google advertising after it was placed alongside videos paedophiles exploited
Big brands are pulling advertising from YouTube and Google after their ads were found to be displayed against content being exploited by paedophiles.
Despite YouTube promising to take an "even more aggressive stance" against predatory behaviour, the confectionery giants Mars and Cadbury, the supermarket Lidl, Deutsche Bank and Adidas have led a wave of brands removing advertising from YouTube.
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