IanTurner - 11:29 pm on Aug 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

It is not only the 'Adult/Mature content' part of the policies that is open to interpretation.

The 'Illicit drugs and drug paraphernalia' item can also cause confusion.

For example Qat is a legal drug in the UK and many areas of the arab world but is illegal in the US - so could be construed as an illicit drug by Google Adsense - since Google is a US based corporation. However looking at this a different way Whisky is a legal drug in the US, but is illegal in many parts of the Arab world yet I would doubt that Google Adsense would stop you using Adsense on a page with Whisky as a topic.

The real problem that I think needs addressing is that the Adsense Program Policies leave a lot to intepretation by the website owner, much of which can be interpreted in a different way dependent on the webmasters cultural background. Given that the Adsense program is available internationally Google maybe needs to address certain issues in a little more detail than is currently available.