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Google’s Gemini Blocked 8.3 Billion Bad Ads in 2025

The company is shifting to real-time, creative-level checks to stop scams at submission.

Overview

  • Google, which released its 2025 Ads Safety Report Thursday, said its systems caught over 99% of violating ads before they served.
  • The company reported blocking or removing 8.3 billion ads last year and suspending 24.9 million advertiser accounts worldwide.
  • Scam enforcement included 602 million ads and 4 million advertiser accounts tied to fraud, according to the report.
  • Executives said enforcement now targets individual ad creatives rather than broad account bans, cutting incorrect suspensions by about 80%.
  • Regional tallies included more than 1.7 billion removals in the United States, 483.7 million in India, and 175.5 million in South Korea, as Google plans to expand instant, submission-time checks to more formats in 2026 in an AI-versus-AI fight with scammers.