I heard from two writers Saturday who told me that Google had banned their book ads because they contained the keyword “jihadwatch.” Note that both writers say that their ads had not been active for years.
I’ve written a great deal lately about how the Left is using Charlottesville as its Reichstag Fire moment to crush all dissent, and this is yet another manifestation of that effort. They’re doing everything they can to deny all access to the means of communication to those whose opinions they hate. It’s a frankly authoritarian agenda.
On Saturday morning, I received this email from Mark Durie, the author of The Third Choice and many other excellent books about Islam, Sharia, and jihad. Durie subsequently wrote me: “It seems that even googling ‘jihadwatch’ is deemed an act of hatred.”
Dear Robert – I had an old add for a book censored by Google.
I set up this add 7 years ago: it hasn’t been active for years.They banned the keyword ‘jihadwatch’ on the grounds that this keyword is ‘disapproved’.
A Google ad ‘keyword’ means that if someone searches for ‘jihadwatch’ the add might pop up.Mark
Begin forwarded message:
From: Google AdWords <adwords-noreply@google.com>
Subject: Your AdWords Account: Ad Disapproved
Date: 16 September 2017 at 1:28:01 pm AEST
To: markdurie@gmail.com
Reply-To: Google AdWords <adwords-noreply@google.com>AdWords account number: 744-913-3425
Hello AdWords Advertiser,
We wanted to alert you that one or more of your ads or keywords have been disapproved. Unfortunately, we won’t be able to show your ads on Google, our search partners, or on Display Network placements until you edit your ads or keywords to make them compliant with our policies.
If this is an error, we want to get your ads back up and running as quickly as possible, and your Google team is here to help. Below you’ll find the reason why your ads or keywords have been disapproved. At the end of this email, you’ll find a Problem Report that includes details about which ads or keywords have been disapproved and what you can do to fix them (if possible).
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Disapproval Reason
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“Anti” and Violence: Google doesn’t allow the promotion of hate, violence, or negative claims towards any individual or group. See our policy at https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/175902
——————–Repeated violations of our Advertising Policies may result in a suspension of your AdWords account, so it’s important to address any issues as soon as possible by reviewing our policies. You can review our Advertising Policies at: http://support.google.com/adwordspolicy?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cm&utm_campaign=awpv.
This message was sent from a notification-only email address that doesn’t accept incoming email. If you have questions about our policies, please contact us through the AdWords Help Center at http://support.google.com/adwords/bin/request.py?contact_type=approvals&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cm&utm_campaign=awpv.
Sincerely,
The Google AdWords Team
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Problem Report
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AdWords account number: 744-913-3425———————————————-
Campaign: ‘Campaign #1,’ Ad Group: ‘Ad Group #1’
———————————————-Keyword(s): jihadwatch
Keyword Status: Disapproved
Keyword Issue(s): “Anti” and Violence
~~~~~~~~~SUGGESTIONS:
-> Fix your ad and website to remove all references to content that violates this policy.—————————————–
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Just hours later I received this email from writer Stephen Clements, author of To Save a Life, a novel about the sack of Constantinople by mutinous Crusaders in 1204.
Hello Robert and company,
I found this denial of advertising interesting and wanted to forward it to you.
I once ran an ad with Google to help sell a novel of mine about the sack of Constantinople in 1204 and included Jihad Watch in my relevant search terms, thinking that people who enjoy Jihad Watch (such as myself) would like this book.
I have not ran this ad in years, but yesterday I received this notice that Google will not run my ad because the terms “Anti” and “violence” are not allowable by their standards. As you can clearly tell, the words “Jihad Watch” do not include “anti” or “violence”.
I am insulted by Google at this, and wanted to make sure you knew they were doing this. If you can recommend a method of complaint to Google about this, I’ll be glad to do so.
Thank you, and keep up the good work.Stephen Clements
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Google AdWords <adwords-noreply@google.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 11:32 PM
Subject: Your AdWords Account: Ad Disapproved
To: saffronmohammed@gmail.com
AdWords account number: 743-637-4234
Hello AdWords Advertiser,
We wanted to alert you that one or more of your ads or keywords have been disapproved. Unfortunately, we won’t be able to show your ads on Google, our search partners, or on Display Network placements until you edit your ads or keywords to make them compliant with our policies.
If this is an error, we want to get your ads back up and running as quickly as possible, and your Google team is here to help. Below you’ll find the reason why your ads or keywords have been disapproved. At the end of this email, you’ll find a Problem Report that includes details about which ads or keywords have been disapproved and what you can do to fix them (if possible).
====================
Disapproval Reason
====================
“Anti” and Violence: Google doesn’t allow the promotion of hate, violence, or negative claims towards any individual or group. See our policy at https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/175902
——————–Repeated violations of our Advertising Policies may result in a suspension of your AdWords account, so it’s important to address any issues as soon as possible by reviewing our policies. You can review our Advertising Policies at: http://support.google.com/adwordspolicy?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cm&utm_campaign=awpv.
This message was sent from a notification-only email address that doesn’t accept incoming email. If you have questions about our policies, please contact us through the AdWords Help Center at http://support.google.com/adwords/bin/request.py?contact_type=approvals&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cm&utm_campaign=awpv.
Sincerely,
The Google AdWords Team
====================
Problem Report
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AdWords account number: 743-637-4234———————————————-
Campaign: ‘To Save A Life,’ Ad Group: ‘TSAL New’
———————————————-Keyword(s): Jihad Watch
Keyword Status: Disapproved
Keyword Issue(s): “Anti” and Violence
~~~~~~~~~SUGGESTIONS:
-> Fix your ad and website to remove all references to content that violates this policy.—————————————–
Unsubscribe from policy-related emails for the account associated with saffronmohammed@gmail.com at http://adwords.google.com/um/EmailOptOutLink?token=AOGacIq5hOAZUnYUxa-lUvUD11l3dZ45l2t1S2p73KK2KCRc4jCtCkxs_pwPujDF_TioD23WbUyK5QQHKNR4NRjfKsU8h0hTgHVVd3PQWyNt-6J_vVzj4FO3E76HkwVXt_Dh8DRgBLXp (this link expires in 30 days).
Mike9a says
Communism reincarnated!!!
luke says
Quoting a dictator:
“Beware the latent danger of communism!”
Tom says
Agree. GOOGLE to target criticism of Islam in new anti-First Amendment censorship purge
http://tinyurl.com/lgp28rs
Unless we sue them it will get worse.
barry says
Hi If google shut you down what else can we use to get to your site (browser)
luke says
just directly type http://www.jihadwatch.org in your address tab.. simple as that
Barry says
Thanks
underbed cat says
also use https://www.google.com
luke says
While jihad in my country are troublesome but sites like jihadwatch and pamela geller are thankfully still can be directly accessed without any problems, for now.
b.a. freeman says
that will change. leftist techies will be more than willing to alter their software to track those whom they hate (anybody who doesn’t grovel at the feet of the left, and of islam, the religion of their proxy army). that way, the State can arrest and murder them – constitution be damned! dead right-wingers don’t say anything that the left doesn’t want said.
i will continue ranting against leftist totalitarians until they come to arrest me. if the civil war has started by then, i hope to reduce their numbers by one or two.
A. Alexander says
Can’t pin anything from your site to Pinterest. A few days ago I could.
underbed cat says
I have no problem with pulling up the website of JW, (that is your domain name), so maybe it was banned since it was using JW your domain name, and not you the ad was refused. I search for many terms and sites not too much problem even doing word definition of terms such as jihad, fitna tacqyya etc. Some internet security, however if used will do this restriction. So maybe it is the internet security that they use.
Wayne says
Browsers send what one types to the search engine so you could find the site you wish easier. ‘Jihadwstch’ if consciously excluded from this normal action, suffers harm and the browser operator also suffers harm.
Minor, cumulative damage, but still capricious and malicious harm.
Within a year we may see the actual web addresses start to disappear from the indexes
RonaldB says
These notices are the most passive-aggressive possible expression of a passive-aggressive corporate denial-of-responsibility structure designed for maximum obfuscation and minimum accountability. In other words, businessmen even glancing at politically non-correct thoughts are hit by fuzzy assertions denying them revenue. There are no clear paths to contest, or even discuss, these fuzzy accusations.
I used to get that kind of treatment when trying to discuss a Microsoft product or the Time-Warner cable service. They would 1) deny a problem; 2) offer to send a service representative who would charge me if they determined it was my fault; and 3) tell me they were working on it. I should note that this was years ago, and these experiences do not represent the present companies.
Anyway, Google has perfected the gobbledygook to classic proportions.
I oppose any proposal to nationalize Google as a monopoly utility, which it is not, but I do not understand why Google is not liable for anti-Trust activity (restraint of trade, using its preeminent position to restrict possible competitors) or plain contract liability under common law. When Google sets up a business relationship, and injures its clients and customers for no well-defined reasons, they should be liable for damages plus attorney fees.
To be fair, Google is looking at its international business, as in Germany and England, proto-fascist states well into heavy censorship. Even aside from its own political orientation, Google will cater to the most repressive country, all other things being equal. This is why it is so important to enable real damage liability for Googles arbitrary and ruinous treatment of its customers. They will hopefully have to make a choice between the US market and the proto-fascist market of Germany, England and the like.
My prediction is that in 3 or 4 years, companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter will have far less influence and market share than they have today. The only thing preventing this is that international NGOs now have to power to assign domain names, thanks to the profoundly anti-American surrender of internet domain authority by the profoundly anti-American Obama administration.
b.a. freeman says
well put!
RodSerling says
“Disapproval Reason
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“Anti” and Violence: Google doesn’t allow the promotion of hate, violence, or negative claims towards any individual or group. See our policy at https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/175902”
Here Google grants itself practically unlimited scope for restricting any ads that disagree with its own hard left authoritarian, pro-Islamic views. By opposing Jihad Watch, they are contributing to the enabling of violence.
I can understand how they are able to do this in Pakistan, but how is this legal in the U.S.?
And seconding a commenter above, What can we do about Google’s unconscionable overreach?
I’m in the process of ending all my use of Google applications and going with alternatives.
RodSerling says
“By opposing Jihad Watch, they are contributing to the enabling of violence.”
I.e., Jihad Watch is opposed to jihad violence. By thwarting that opposition, Google is enabling that jihad violence.
Peacemaker says
“Jihad Watch” has become something “Anti” or “Violence” ??? Let’s hope that google can explain this.
b.a. freeman says
they can’t because they’re leftist, and that makes them correct without having to explain. they have simply forgotten that the left has not yet received the power to kill people.
Norger says
Quite literally google thinks that jihad is not something we infidels should be permitted to “watch” or otherwise take notice of.
Westman says
There is something else happening that seems to be spying. When using Chrome, on Android, an APP, “Camless”, that stops access to the camera, will report an attempt to access the camera and kill the page. This happens very infrequently but did happen once at jihadwatch. It could be related to an ad, third party injection, or even a bug in the app; unable to determine. So I switched search engines and browsers and so far, no hits on the camera. The cameras are now taped to guarantee no spying.
I’m starting to think the era of Orwell’s 1984 environment is upon us and we are becoming Winstons, the very antithesis of Churchill. It seems that the major internet-tech companies are becoming cartels capable of trampling right over the constitution and governments. They now control more money and people than the Medillin and Cali cartels combined, have addictive products, and can do economic and political violence on a scale of which the cartels could only dream.
The government may own the internet, however, the internet-tech cartels are running it and they have killed, “net neutrality”. Like the drug cartels, they have no real morals – it’s all about money and power.
Great ideas have phases – first the founders create a unique product that becomes profitable, stock is sold and profits, corporate mythology, and growth continue. Then major stockholders gain control and either eject or push the founders aside and may even sell out to a larger corporation. The surviving corporation then goes into a profit-only mode in which profits are maximized by every means possible including bribes, offshore banking, and outsourcing. Eventually there are no more golden eggs being produced and the profits decline until the corporation is bought by another corporation or it declines and the stockholders bail out.
The major internet-techs have a stranglehold on the government’s internet. I wouldn’t be surprised to see an alternate internet develop that will threaten the profits of the current majors. What kind of cartel wars would we witness? Or will the current internet-techs become an extension of government?
Thomas Black says
Google is strongly against websites like this one. But when it comes to sex trafficking websites, not so much. It opposes the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA):
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/opinion/google-backpagecom-sex-traffickers.html
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/07/oracle_s230/
Mike says
My dear fellow American brothers and sisters…do WHATEVER it takes to get away from Google. The company is a gate keeper and mind controlling propagandist. The internet has become one of those “once every 500 or 600 year” events that spring boards humanity forward. The last big one was the Guttenberg printing press that got knowledge into people’s hands…quicker. Our internet has been that kind of event but Google and entities like them are quite aware of this and have gone to a huge amount of effort to be sure to control what you see. Get shed of them as fast as you can. I use duckduckgo.
b.a. freeman says
excellent idea!
it will be necessary to use the nazi search engine on occasion, but as people leave and stop providing income to the nazis, sites such as duckduckgo (and others) will gain that income, buy more servers, and hire more staff, so their search will get better.
google was nice to use while they were politically neutral, but now that their nazism has been exposed, it is foolish to fund them.
Lydia says
Kristallnacht.
St. Manuel II Palaiologos says
Everyone should boycott Google and switch to DuckDuckGo.
Fr. Christopher says
I AM NOW BEING MONITORED AND SURVEIL LANCED BY FACEBOOK FOR MY POSTINGS OF JIHAD WATCH AND OTHER NEWS RELEASES RELATING TO ISLAMIC ATROCITIES. I WANT TO BEGIN IN COOPERATION WITH OTHERS ESTABLISHING A NEW WEBSITE NAMED FREEDOM BOOK WITH THE EMBLEM OF THE AMERICAN EAGLE TO REPLACE FACEBOOK FOR WHAT IT CANNOT PROVIDE; FREEDOM OF SPEECH. FACEBOOK HAS BACK STABBED THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND THE WORLD FOR THAT MATTER. FACEBOOK IS NOW ENSLAVED BY EVIL AND ITS INHABITANTS.
-FATHER CHRISTOPHER
Doug says
Duck Duck go is a great idea. Even better maybe is to go underground and use Tor browser. Spencer, Geller, Gabriel and other bravehearts can create websites unmolested by Google and other facists . Google Tor while you still can.
standingstrong says
try creating a password with the word jihad in it. they wouldn’t allow me to do it.
UNCLE VLADDI says
Destroying evidence to cover up muslim crimes is what modern “social media” corporations are all about!
Pretending that the global crime-gang called islam is a “race” of poor swarthy animal-people, oppressed by the mentally superior whites, in order to slander everyone who notices it’s a crime-gang as a hatefully bigoted “racist” – is to deliberately enable that crime-gang’s crimes by hiding and destroying the evidence of same, and thus to be a willing accessory to those crimes. Since islam is a murder-gang, and the penalty for committing and enabling the commission of murder is DEATH, anyone and everyone who calls an opponent of muslims, islam, and their global jihad, a “racist!” should be lawfully put to death.
Everyone who defends islam and muslims endorses crime.
Endorsing crime IS a crime, so those doing it are criminals.
Right in the Qur’an is: the permission to murder Jews and Christians (Surah 9:29), to terrorize all non-Muslims (8:12), to rape young girls (65:4), to enslave people for sex (4:3), to lie about one’s true goals (3:54), and the command to make war on all the infidels (9:123) and subjugate the entire world to Allah (9:33).
Are death-threats legal? NO.
Is extortion legal? NO.
Is slavery legal? NO.
Is murder legal? NO.
Is rape legal? NO.
THEN ISLAM IS ILLEGAL!
Rape, slavery, robbery, extortion and murder are never OK!
Everything muslims pretend to see as “holy” is already a crime!
So nobody has a legal right to practice islam anywhere on earth!
IN TRYING TO MAKE CRITICISM OF THE GLOBAL CRIME GANG CALLED “ISLAM” INTO A CRIME, TO PROTECT THAT CRIME GANG BY HIDING THE EVIDENCE OF ITS CRIMES, THE CEO’S OF FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND GOOGLE ARE CRIMINALS AND TRAITORS TO RATIONALITY, CIVILIZATION, AND HUMANITY ITSELF.
Linde Barrera says
I am very grateful to everyone who commented here about the audacity of Google and I will use your suggestions to help myself be less dependent on Google. I will also send them a letter on paper and let them know I think it is wrong for them to alter their policies just because they don’t want to know the truth. I will also ask them if they are ready to face the sword of Islam and choose between death or forced conversion.