YouTube Bans Ads for Politics, Alcohol, Prescription Drugs and Gambling on Homepage
BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT Beginning on Monday, advertisers will have a new set of restrictions on the types of ads they can place on the "most prominent" slot on YouTube's home page. YouTube has banned ads related to politics, alcohol, prescription drugs and gambling from its “most prominent” ad slot on the homepage, according to updated guidelines posted to Google’s advertising support page on Monday. Ads that depict or refer to alcohol, prescription drugs and gambling will not be allowed on the homepage. Political ads that endorse a candidate for office will also be outright banned, but others that are related…