This is not Google activing on the community's behalf. It's Google doing a little CYA. It's one of those situations where Google's PR is trying to quell problem

This is not Google activing on the community's behalf. It's Google doing a little CYA. It's one of those situations where Google's PR is trying to quell problems that dings their bottom line of advertising revenue. This was a mirror of the FB "official" advertising vs. "bot" advertising through things like Fiver.com. Still a sham on both sides rather than really make a big stink about it.