Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Google backs down on Christian abortion ad

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/google.backs.down.on.christian.abortion.ad/21439.htm

[Christianity Today UK] 17 Sep 2006--The Christian Institute has welcomed the decision by Google to allow religious groups to place adverts on the issue of abortion after legal proceedings against the world's biggest search engine were settled "on amicable terms".

The group took legal action against Google after it rejected an advert in March with its search related advertising system, AdWords, which read: “UK abortion law: Key views and news on abortion law from The Christian Institute. www.christian.org.uk.”

Google rejected the advert on the grounds that it constituted “inappropriate content”. Although Google allowed non-religious websites to place adverts on the issue of abortion, it had at the time of the court proceedings a policy of not advertising sites which combined “abortion and religion-related content”.

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