Google AdSense Cuts Off Monetization For Content Accusing Ukraine Of Genocide

Google AdSense, which manages the program through which websites can monetize with Google ads, is cutting off monetization for any content that promotes “claims that imply victims are responsible for their own tragedy or similar instances of victim blaming, such as claims that Ukraine is committing genocide or deliberately attacking its own citizens.” Google is enacting this censorious policy despite the massive evidence that Ukraine is actually shelling civilians in disputed separatist areas and carrying out other human rights travesties. Reporter Patrick Lancaster has been on the front lines reporting on the violence that civilians believe is coming from the government of Ukraine and its allies.