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AT&T, Verizon halt Google ads over extremist videos

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AT&T, Verizon, Enterprise and Johnson & Johnson halted ads on certain Google platforms after learning their ads were posted alongside extremist content.

"We are deeply concerned that our ads may have appeared alongside YouTube content promoting terrorism and hate," a spokesperson for AT&T said in a statement to CNNTech. "Until Google can ensure this won't happen again, we are removing our ads from Google's nonsearch platforms."

The Times in London last week published a report that found ads from brands like BBC and L'Oreal were placed near inappropriate content on YouTube posted by religious extremists, a Ku Klux Klan leader and more.

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