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Key PointsGoogle will pause political ads along with any referencing "impeachment, inauguration or protests at the U.S. Capitol" beginning Thursday."We regularly pause ads over unpredictable, 'sensitive' events when ads can be used to exploit the event or amplify misleading information," Google said in a statement Wednesday. "Beyond this, we have long-standing policies blocking content that incites violence or promotes hate and we will be extremely vigilant about enforcing on any ads that cross this line."In an email to advertisers, Google said there would not be any carveouts in the policy for news or merchandise advertisers. While the policy is in place, advertisers will not be able to run ads referencing candidates, the election, its outcome, the upcoming inauguration, the ongoing presidential impeachment process, violence at the U.S. Capitol or any future planned protests regarding those topics."This policy will be broadly scoped across ads running through Google Ads, DV360, YouTube, and AdX Authorized Buyer and is intended to block all ads related to the items outlined above," the email said. &nbsp;Google also noted its "longstanding Dangerous and Derogatory Content policy," which prohibits ads promoting hate or inciting violence. "Given the events of the past week, we are extremely vigilant about enforcing on any ads that might reasonably be construed as crossing this line."The email to advertisers said the company plans to keep the policy in place until at least Jan. 21.The announcement comes the morning after Tuesday and formally warned the White House about its use of the world's largest video platform.Google had also implemented a temporary on elections-related advertising following the election, which roughly a month later in December. The company had banned those ads for a period of time in an attempt to prevent potential exploitation or misinformation via advertising since it expected delayed election results.The pause was by Axios.&nbsp;YouTube temporarily blocks uploads, comments on Trump's accountRelated Tags

Key PointsGoogle will pause political ads along with any referencing "impeachment, inauguration or protests at the U.S. Capitol" beginning Thursday."We regularly pause ads over unpredictable, 'sensitive' events when ads can be used to exploit the event or amplify misleading information," Google said in a statement Wednesday. "Beyond this, we have long-standing policies blocking content that incites violence or promotes hate and we will be extremely vigilant about enforcing on any ads that cross this line."In an email to advertisers, Google said there would not be any carveouts in the policy...

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