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AdSense FAQ on 'fake news' and hate speech

Internal sales FAQ explaining AdSense's misrepresentative-content and hate-speech policies, including that hate speech is a 'narrowly defined policy' with a high bar.

Employees' email addresses, phone numbers and most names have been blacked out. Executives and document authors already named in public coverage are left visible.

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