Google follows Facebook in banning ads for medical face masks as Covid-19 disinformation spreads

Google team is monitoring the situation and has blocked tens of thousands of ads trying to capitalise on the novel coronavirus. Chinese search giant Baidu said it had removed more than 147,000 examples of ‘harmful information’ related to coronavirus as of Feb 12. — SCMP

Google is temporarily banning ads for medical facial masks amid the continued spread of the coronavirus worldwide in an effort to stop people profiting from disinformation about the health crisis.

“Out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to temporarily ban all medical face mask ads,” said Google’s spokeswomen in an email to the Post .