Encourage Google to Stop Undermining Education
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Please help us encourage Google to stop undermining education through their policy of displaying ads that encourage plagiarism and academic fraud through the sale of pre-written and made to order term papers and essays especially when these ads are displayed on web sites that promote education.
The Google AdWords program works by matching approved ads to content using algorithms and Google permits hosting web sites to block ads only by excluding certain domain names; businesses that sell term papers and essays (e.g. DirectEssays.com and MonsterPapers.com) simply use a large number of domain names to get around this minor restriction which allows them to promote academic fraud even on web sites that promote education.
Google screens all of its ads for acceptability and they already choose to NOT accept ads that promote alcohol, tobacco, weapons and other things ranging from miracle cures to license plate covers. Google has therefore chosen to accept advertising dollars from companies whose sole purpose is to promote academic dishonesty.
Our site carried Google ads until we found that we could not prevent advertising that is completely counter to our sites purpose of promoting critical thinking skills (especially among students) and Google replied to our inquiries writing, we are not currently monitoring for plagiarism sites. We would like to encourage Google to change this policy.
As an alternative to not accepting such ads altogether, Google could use their renowned engineers to easily create meta-filters that would prevent any content of a given category from appearing on a web site that did not wish to display it. Such an approach might even encourage greater use of Googles ad service by those who otherwise wouldnt use it under the current circumstances.
Googles stated philosophy is that you can make money without doing evil. Show us. Google provides a number of outstanding services that we applaud but in this instance they have apparently placed profit over principle.
Google has responded to petitions in the past so please help us encourage them to do the right thing now. In addition to signing this petition please feel free to contact Google directly to voice your concern over this issue at: http://tinyurl.com/874sy
Jack Paulus
www.TruthMapping.com
The Google AdWords program works by matching approved ads to content using algorithms and Google permits hosting web sites to block ads only by excluding certain domain names; businesses that sell term papers and essays (e.g. DirectEssays.com and MonsterPapers.com) simply use a large number of domain names to get around this minor restriction which allows them to promote academic fraud even on web sites that promote education.
Google screens all of its ads for acceptability and they already choose to NOT accept ads that promote alcohol, tobacco, weapons and other things ranging from miracle cures to license plate covers. Google has therefore chosen to accept advertising dollars from companies whose sole purpose is to promote academic dishonesty.
Our site carried Google ads until we found that we could not prevent advertising that is completely counter to our sites purpose of promoting critical thinking skills (especially among students) and Google replied to our inquiries writing, we are not currently monitoring for plagiarism sites. We would like to encourage Google to change this policy.
As an alternative to not accepting such ads altogether, Google could use their renowned engineers to easily create meta-filters that would prevent any content of a given category from appearing on a web site that did not wish to display it. Such an approach might even encourage greater use of Googles ad service by those who otherwise wouldnt use it under the current circumstances.
Googles stated philosophy is that you can make money without doing evil. Show us. Google provides a number of outstanding services that we applaud but in this instance they have apparently placed profit over principle.
Google has responded to petitions in the past so please help us encourage them to do the right thing now. In addition to signing this petition please feel free to contact Google directly to voice your concern over this issue at: http://tinyurl.com/874sy
Jack Paulus
www.TruthMapping.com
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james h
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- the web needs to be ethical!!!!
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Sharon K
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Joanna C
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Richard G
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- Google's practice of encouraging students to be dishonest is morally indefensible and needs to stop immediately.
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Peter B
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- (Asst. Prof. of Philosophy) No one who values education should support plagiarism. I hope Google will stop devaluing education.
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Bill H
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- That's right! We need to censor any and all websites we dont agree with! We need to have federal laws that force our morality on to others! Sig Heil!
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Jim W
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- Remember "Don't be evil"
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Patrick L
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- Stealing ideas is still stealing; cheating on exams is still dishonest.
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Dick K
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- It may be possible to "make money without doing evil", but Google is not showing anybody how if it continues to permit these ads to be shown.
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Brian Daniel C
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- Please stop undermining the creative souls of our youth!!!!
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Thomas K
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- Exercise some corporate responsibility.
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Don
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- But Google allows porn and gambling (in their default search) - try to type in 'porn videos' or 'poker' - which is worse? Hypocrats.
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Samantha J
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- It devalues the educational system and qualifications and SHOULD NOT be encouraged
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edward
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Andy
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- using some one else's mind to think with is educationally oxymoronic
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Peter C
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- The internet 'was' free a long time ago....
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