Google Publisher Policies

Policies.


  • is illegal, promotes illegal activity, or infringes on the legal rights of others.

 Learn more about illegal content

  • infringes copyright. It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). You can file a counter-notification via this form.
  • sells or promotes the sale of counterfeit products. Counterfeit goods contain a trademark or logo that is identical to or substantially indistinguishable from the trademark of another. They mimic the brand features of the product in an attempt to pass themselves off as a genuine product of the brand owner.

Learn more about intellectual property abuse

  • incites hatred against, promotes discrimination of, or disparages an individual or group on the basis of their race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, age, nationality, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or other characteristic that is associated with systemic discrimination or marginalization.Examples: Promoting hate groups or hate group paraphernalia, encouraging others to believe that a person or group is inhuman, inferior, or worthy of being hated
  • harasses, intimidates, or bullies an individual or group of individuals.Examples: Singling out someone for abuse or harassment, suggesting a tragic event did not happen or that victims or their families are actors or complicit in a cover-up of the event
  • threatens or advocates for physical or mental harm to oneself or others.Examples: Content advocating suicide, anorexia, or other self-harm; threatening someone with real-life harm or calling for the attack of another person; promoting, glorifying, or condoning violence against others; content made by or in support of terrorist groups or transnational drug trafficking organizations, or content that promotes terrorist acts, including recruitment, or that celebrates attacks by transnational drug trafficking or terrorist organizations
  • exploits others through extortion.Examples: Exploitative removals, revenge porn, blackmail

Learn more about dangerous and derogatory content

  • promotes cruelty or gratuitous violence towards animals.Examples: Promoting animal cruelty for entertainment purposes, such as cock or dog fighting
  • promotes the sale of products obtained from endangered or threatened species.Examples: Sale of tigers, shark fins, elephant ivory, tiger skins, rhino horn, dolphin oil

Learn more about animal cruelty

  • misrepresents, misstates, or conceals information about the publisher, the content creator, the purpose of the content, or the content itself.
  • falsely implies having an affiliation with, or endorsement by, another individual, organization, product, or service.Examples: Impersonating Google products, misusing company logos

 Learn more about misleading representation

 Learn more about unreliable and harmful claims

 Learn more about deceptive practices

 Learn more about manipulated media 

 Learn more about enabling dishonest behavior

    Learn more about sexually explicit content

     Learn more about compensated sexual acts

      Learn more about mail order brides

       Learn more about adult themes in family content

        Learn more about child sexual abuse and exploitation


               Learn more about dishonest declarations

               Learn more about ads interfering

Learn more about Google-served ads on screens without publisher-content

Learn more about out of context ads

Learn more about Google-served ads on screens with replicated content

Learn more about More ads or paid promotional material than publisher-content

Learn more about unsupported languages

 


            Learn more about policies for video inventory


           Learn more about privacy disclosures


  • Crimea
  • Cuba
  • So-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) 
  • Iran
  • North Korea
  • Syria

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