Shortly after it became clear Coronavirus was spreading between nations in February, Google issued a ban on most non-governmental advertising about Covid-19.

This has caused anger from democrats as they said it stopped them from running ads  criticising President Trump’s response to the crisis.

Google are now revisiting this ban, and are expected to shortly issue more guidelines on the issue.

“We’re in the middle of the defining event of this election and potentially a generation,” said Mark Jablonowski, the chief technology officer and managing partner of DSPolitical, a top digital ad firm that works with Democratic campaigns and progressive causes.

“To not allow political candidates to mention or discuss COVID-19 is something that has the potential to dramatically bolster Trump’s and Republicans’ chances of reelection,” he said.

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