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Here are the biggest brands that have pulled their advertising from YouTube over extremist videos (GOOG)

Major American advertisers including Verizon and AT&T froze ad spend with the tech company after they found adverts being displayed alongside offensive content.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

A growing number of brands have suspended their spend with Google, following The Times' investigation into ads appearing alongside extremist content on YouTube and Google's display ad network

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More than 250 brands have reportedly frozen all their campaigns with Google aside from search, after the issue — which first seemed isolated to the UK — spread globally as major US advertisers began to boycott the online ad giant too. According to The Times the spend pulled amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars.

Here's a list of some of the biggest advertisers who have stopped their spend with Google and YouTube in the UK:

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  • Argos
  • Audi
  • Aviva
  • Havas Group UK froze all of its spend. The agency manages major brands including Dominos Pizza, O2, Royal Mail, BBC, and Hyundai Kia.
  • Heinz
  • Honda
  • HSBC
  • ITV
  • L'Oreal
  • Lloyd's Bank
  • Marks & Spencer
  • McDonald's
  • RBS
  • Sainsbury's
  • Tesco
  • The Guardian
  • Toyota
  • Transport for London
  • UK Government
  • Volkswagen

In the United States:

  • AT&T
  • Enterprise
  • GSK
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Verizon

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