Gambling help services frustrated their ads are being blocked online but wagering ads given green light

Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation says services barred on Google amid rise in wagering adverts and Sportsbet's partnership with TikTok

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Gambling harm services have expressed frustration about their adverts for rehabilitation being automatically blocked online, amid an increase in wagering advertising and Sportsbet's partnership with TikTok.

Adverts that mention gambling are sometimes automatically blocked by social media companies or search engines to comply with their own advertising rules or government regulations. This is usually done by a combination of algorithms that block certain words as well as human oversight.

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