Anonymousabout 5 hours ago
Google announced on April 13, 2026, that it will classify back button hijacking as a spam violation under its "malicious practices" policy, with enforcement beginning June 15, 2026. The policy targets sites that manipulate browser history to prevent users from navigating back, but raises questions about false positives for single-page applications, liability for third-party ad scripts, and the asymmetry of Google penalizing behavior its own products employ.