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Govt might ban AdSense to cease spread of false news
The government has called on all over the top (OTT) companies to collaborate to cease the spread of false news in cyberspace, otherwise, they will be prohibited from generating revenues from online advertisements in the country.
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Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara (JP/Viriya P. Singgih)
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he government has called on all over the top (OTT) companies to collaborate to cease the spread of false news in cyberspace, otherwise, they will be prohibited from generating revenues from online advertisements in the country.
Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara specifically mentioned AdSense, an advertising placement service by tech giant Google that allows advertisers to place text ads on the millions of websites that are part of Google's network.
"We will make business approaches to those OTT companies by calculating how much revenue they get per day from online ads and how much will they lose if they are prohibited to operate AdSense," Rudiantara told reporters on Monday.
(Read also: Indonesia raids Google office after warning on tax audit refusal)
"If we need to block AdSense, why not? But the truth is, it's not our main objective. The important thing is to educate the public."
Previously in July 2016, Google said it was working on a policy change to prevent websites that misrepresented content from using its AdSense advertising network, while Facebook updated its advertising policies to spell out that its ban on deceptive and misleading content applied to fake news, according to Reuters. (bbn)
