John M. Simpson of Consumer Watchdog writes:
Google has now decided to run ads from Consumer Watchdog critical of the Internet giant’s privacy practices and aimed to promote a satirical animated video of CEO Eric Schmidt.
We bought three ads, linked to search terms like ” Google CEO Eric Schmidt” and “CEO Eric Schmidt Privacy.” Google disapproved them giving as a reason, “Trademark in Ad Text.” Thursday Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court and I wrote Schmidt arguing that the company had a moral obligation to display advertising from critics.
Read more on Consumer Watchdog while I digest putting “company” and “moral obligation” in the same sentence.