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Google will happily terminate an AdSense account and confiscate the earnings. Has happened for years, including to prominent sites like BoingBoing and Fark (https://www.inc.com/erik-sherman/you-wont-believe-the-reason...).


But they will state a reason for doing so. The "incentive to verify" was there. Ofc it doesn't change that it is an evil corp that (if at all possible) you shouldn't get involved with.


LOL, no they won't.

https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/57153?hl=en

> Because we have a need to protect our proprietary detection system, we're unable to provide publishers with any information about their account activity, including any pages, users, or third-party services that might have been involved.


The trial by robot really cracks me up. How is this even legal?

I'm still convinced there is some small / non zero difference between banning free users and banning users that produce revenue but it might just be as insignificant as you make it out to be.




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