Hey folks,
We’ve got an action email for you! Last week we published our report documenting how Google is helping to fund Islamophobia and disinformation in India — during elections, no less — by monetizing a site called OpIndia.
Now we’re writing directly to Google to get them to stop. Just click the button below.
If that button didn’t work, or you’d like to do it manually, copy and paste the below to their respective fields, and add your name at the end. Feel free to edit our text and make it your own!
SUBJECT: Why is Google monetizing Islamophobia and disinformation?
BODY:
Hello,
I’m reaching out to see if Google plans to continue placing ads on OpIndia.com. The site spreads content that incites hatred against Muslims and spreads election disinformation, in direct opposition to Google’s own publisher policies.
Check My Ads, the nonprofit adtech watchdog, documented multiple examples of this in their recent report: https://checkmyads.org/google-opindia-india-elections-disinformation/
If you do not plan to enforce your own hate and election disinformation policies, you can ignore this email. Otherwise, consider dropping OpIndia’s seller IDs, pub-3758624753503754 and pub-8400741499581616.
Thank you,
[Your name]