Google has changed its affiliate ads policies for Chrome extensions after the PayPal Honey debacle. Credit: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images Late last year, a YouTube video uncovering the ...

After the Honey scandal, Google tightened its rules to stop shady affiliate link practices in Chrome extensions. Instead of ...

Google has updated its affiliate ads policy for Chrome extensions after creators accused PayPal’s deal-finding Honey browser extension of swapping out affiliate links before checkout.

PayPal’s Honey has been a massively popular Chrome extension for years, promising to find coupon codes and save consumers money, all without costing a dime. However, a recent video exposed shady ...

Google Chrome has made a policy update today that restricts how browser extensions can interact with affiliate codes, effectively banning the behavior of the controversial PayPal Honey extension.

Google does not want a repeat of the Honey Chrome extension scandal. To prevent that from happening again, the company is tightening its Chrome extension affiliate ad policies and making some changes.

Google has updated its Chrome extension rules to prevent extensions from adding affiliate links without the user knowing, the alleged tactic used by Honey to take sales from other sources.

In the wake of the controversy surrounding PayPal's Honey browser extension, Google Chrome has updated its policies to ban the practices that the extension was observed to be engaging in.

Google has updated its policies for Chrome extensions following a controversy over the Honey extension. The extension, from PayPal, has been accused by creators of misappropriating affiliate links ...

With PayPal facing a backlash and a lawsuit over the under-fire Honey Chrome extension, you might be in the market for new money-saving apps or Chrome extensions.Honey may have been one of the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We need to talk about Honey for a minute. Not the sweet stuff you put on your cereal or ...

Late last year, a YouTube video uncovering the shady affiliate tactics of PayPal's coupon Chrome extension, Honey, went viral. The 23-minute video by YouTube creator MegaLag received more than 17 ...