The number of Google ads that violated the company's policies and were blocked or removed rose 17.4% in 2019, according to the latest company data. Overall, 2.7 billion 'bad ads' were removed in 2019, up from 2.3 billion in 2018.
The company added that there was a nearly 50% decrease in the serving of phishing and 'trick-to-click' ads in 2019. Overall, 35 million phishing and 19 million 'trick-to-click' ads were blocked last year.
Google also suspended nearly one million advertiser accounts and over 1.2 million publisher accounts for violating company policies last year.
The growth of 'bad ads'...