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Google pulls its 'Dear Sydney' Gemini ad

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Google withdrew an Olympics ad in which a father has Gemini write his daughter's fan letter to Olympian Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, after viewers called it tone-deaf. It said it would phase the ad out.

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An ad tested before airing was pulled within days of broadcast.

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