Google’s surprise move to ban all ads comes a day after Facebook said it would ban all online ads about the referendum from foreign sources. The Google decision goes much further, and deprives anti-abortion campaigners of a key element of their strategy for the final two weeks of the campaign. Facebook declined to supply any further information in reply to a series of questions from The Irish Times about its decision. Google declined to supply any information about cancelled ads or the spending on ads in recent weeks. The Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin, also welcomed the move in a speech to a Yes campaign event last night.

Source: The Irish Times May 10, 2018 00:00 UTC