| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
Google banned ads for deadly pill-making machines. They were still posted for sale — until a reporter asked
Google banned ads for deadly pill-making machines. They were still posted for sale — until a reporter asked
Last fall, the world’s richest and most popular search engine exhibited a moral compass of sorts when it banned advertisements for machines often used to make dangerous counterfeit pills.
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However, months of tracking by the Washington, D.C.–based Partnership for Safe Medicines suggests Google’s policy change hadn’t fully taken hold at the turn of the new year. Advertisements for pill presses were still appearing regularly. (masslive.com, USA, 16.01.2026)