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Google bans essay writing adverts
23/05/07 Google, the world’s biggest search engine, is to ban advertisements for essay-writing services, amid claims that it is undermining the integrity of university degrees.From next month, Google will no longer accept adverts from companies that sell thousands of essays and dissertations from as little as £70 to as much as £5,000 each around the world.
There have been complaints from universities about students being sold customised essays on the internet.The advert ban from the Google search engine has been "warmly welcomed" by university authorities. But it has angered essay writing firms which say this will unfairly punish legitimate businesses.
Google's forthcoming ban on adverts for "academic paper-writing services and the sale of pre-written essays, theses, and dissertations" means that essay websites join a blacklist of "unacceptable content" including adverts for weapons, prostitution, drugs, tobacco, fake documents and "miracle cures".
The move has been applauded by universities which have struggled with the problem of students dishonestly submitting material copied from the internet.
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Published Date: 2007-05-23 11:08:22Subscribe to our RSS News feed:
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