Google will ban all advertisements
relating to Republic of Ireland's forthcoming referendum on abortion,
which takes place on May 25,2018
However, Google said all ads relating to the vote would be blocked.
Google's ads appear on millions of websites, including its video-sharing platform YouTube.
"Following our update around election integrity efforts globally, we have decided to pause all ads related to the Irish referendum on the Eighth Amendment," the company said in a statement.
Voters will decide whether to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Republic of Ireland's constitution, which states "the right to life of the unborn".
At present, the country has a near-total ban on abortion, with terminations very rarely allowed
Ireland's electoral laws ban foreign organisations from funding campaign groups in the country. However, social media sites and search engines are not prohibited from carrying foreign-funded advertisements.
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