Google to stop ad money from reaching fake Covid-19 conspiracy theorists

One of the biggest challenges facing the search giant Google is the curtailment of false information. With the spread of Covid-19 there’s plenty of misinformation that is being circulated across different platforms. In order to limit it, Alphabet Inc’s Google said it would prohibit websites and apps that use its advertising technology from running ads on “dangerous content” that goes against scientific consensus during the coronavirus pandemic.

In accordance to the changes in policy, content that encourages and propagates false information on Covid-19 will not be able to make money via Google Ads ecosystem. Ads on debunked conspiracy theories, such as the notion that the novel coronavirus was created in a Chinese lab as a bioweapon,