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Google will once again ban election ads after the polls close

This is the second time Google has enacted this policy.

By Tom Warren, a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Google is planning to ban advertisers from running ads related to the US presidential election after polls close on November 5th. Google says it’s reenacting the policy again this year “out of an abundance of caution and to limit the potential for confusion, given the likelihood that votes will continue to be counted after Election Day.”

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