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Compromising Positions

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Initial release August 30, 1985
Directors Frank Perry
Screenplay Susan Isaacs
Box office12. 53 million USD
Budget9 million USD
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The murder of a swinging Long Island dentist puts an ex-reporter housewife (Susan Sarandon) onto a story.

Nestle and Epic pull YouTube ads over offensive content

Feb 16,2020 3:11 am

Kit-Kat maker Nestle is one of several firms That have "paused" YouTube adverts

The food giant Nestle and several other big companies have pulled their adverts from YouTube following claims they appeared next to offensive Content .

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One watch spurred YouTube's algorithm to recommend similar videos, some of which ran next to ads from firms such as Disney and Nestle.

Catching abuse

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Extremist videos

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In 2017, after adverts from government agencies and companies such as Marks & Spencer and Audi appeared next to videos from supporters of extremist groups on YouTube's platform.

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, up 23% from the prior Year .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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