Google slams “for-profit bail-bond providers,” won’t let them advertise

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On Monday, Google announced that it will no longer allow ads from bail-bond companies.

This isn't the first time Google has singled out an entire industry. In 2016, it banned ads from payday lenders.

In a blog post, the company suggested that such ads constitute a "deceptive or harmful product," citing a 2016 study concluding that minority and low-income communities are typically most affected by such services. "For-profit bail-bond providers make most of their revenue from communities of color and low-income neighborhoods when they are at their most vulnerable, including through opaque financing offers that can keep people in debt for months or years," Google wrote.

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