Like I said, I'm using multiple ad networks and none of them would admit the offensive content came from them. So, who would you recommend I "put pressure" on?
On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 2:10:29 PM UTC-4, Kristopher Micinski wrote: > > I haven't been aware of any services that show ads containing > irresponsible material.. > > if they do, you should put pressure on the develops of those systems, > in a public way. > > kris > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 1:50 PM, xucaen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am new to Android development, but I was under the impression that you > > should be using Google Ads, and they guarantee there will be no porn > adds > > from Google Ads. If you use some other Ads service, you would need to > check > > with them and see if they show porn ads. If they do, stop using them, > > otherwise you are responsible. > > > > > > > > On Monday, August 6, 2012 1:28:19 PM UTC-4, jeka wrote: > >> > >> Hello. The way I read this section in the Google Play Developer Program > >> Policies (GPDPP): > >> > >> In general, ads are considered part of your app for purposes of content > >> review and compliance with the Developer Terms. Therefore all of the > >> policies, including those concerning illegal activities, violence, > sexually > >> explicit content, and privacy violations, apply. Please take care to > use > >> advertising which does not violate these policies. > >> > >> > >> > >> Ads which are inconsistent with the app’s content rating also violate > our > >> Developer Terms. > >> > >> > >> In combination with > >> > >> Sexually Explicit Material: We don't allow content that contains > nudity, > >> graphic sex acts, or sexually explicit material. Google has a > zero-tolerance > >> policy against child pornography. If we become aware of content with > child > >> pornography, we will report it to the appropriate authorities and > delete the > >> Google Accounts of those involved with the distribution. > >> > >> > >> > >> Is that should there appear a pornographic ad in the application, the > >> Google Play team will hold the developer responsible up to the point of > >> terminating the entire developer account. > >> > >> > >> > >> Now here is the problem: most of us developers have no control over > what > >> ads appear in the apps we create. Sure, we decide which ad networks to > >> include, and may even be able to control ad types to some degree, but > given > >> a fairly large application with even a couple hundred thousand ad > >> impressions per day utilizing multiple ad networks through an ad > aggregator > >> makes the task of controlling this virtually impossible. > >> > >> I speak (write) from a personal experience. I've had users complain in > the > >> past about pornographic ads popping up out of "nowhere" without any > user > >> interaction. The thing is, the app in question only shows banner and > >> requires at least a user touch to launch whatever it is the ad is > pointing > >> to. Not to mention that all the ads came from respectable networks / > >> aggregators such as AdMob, Millennial, Greystripe, Mobclix and Mopub. > They > >> all said the same thing - we don't allow porn on our network(s). And > yet > >> there it was. It wasn't happening often enough to just be able to start > an > >> app and see it for myself. In fact, I've never seen one! > >> > >> In trying to fight this I wanted to see if I could reproduce this > behavior > >> myself. And yes, I can. I won't go into the details as to not give > anybody > >> the wrong ideas, but the bottom line is this: > >> > >> It is possible to load a completely innocently looking banner, which > will > >> then open any (ANY!) site on its own, without any user interaction. > This > >> will avoid detection at the ad network level. And, if it shows porn to > >> specific users / locations / IPs / etc, chances are the developer will > never > >> see it as well. > >> > >> > >> So, here is a very important question to Googe. If something like that > >> happens - a malicious ad, that happens to bypass content control at the > ad > >> network, makes it into an app and the users start complaining - will > you > >> hold the developer responsible and just pull the account or will you > work > >> with the developer in trying to identify the offending ads / networks > and > >> resolve the situation? > >> > >> Thank you. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
