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Investigation AI stands to make climate disinformation worse, report says
Tech companies paint a rosy picture about how AI can combat climate change. But its threats to progress in the climate fight are real and immediate. The budding technology has the potential to make disinformation faster, cheaper, and more viral than ever. And in two years, AI data centers may consume as much energy annually
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Google is getting fat off fake Shark Tank weight loss gummies
Mark Cuban and Shark Tank don’t appreciate Google letting scammers use their brand to hurt people. Google is spoon-feeding fake “Shark Tank approved” weight loss gummy candies to innocent people — and making money doing it. The search giant’s monopoly power in the ad industry apparently lets them profit off allowing scam ads to flourish,
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Google is playing whack-a-mole with bad ad placements. Here’s the proof.
Update, Dec. 18: A day after we publised our report, Google stopped serving search ads on FreeForumZone(.)Sexy. It looks like Google is finally giving advertisers a dollop of transparency about search ads, letting them see if their brand appeared on about 30 unsafe sites in their search partner network. Too bad we’ve found even more
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Thanks, Google: We’re still seeing major brands funding toxic sites weeks after Adalytics’ exposé
Update: Less than 24 hours after we published our report, SoNude and Arshadsara had been removed from the Google Search Partner network. Breitbart, however, remains. Two weeks ago, a massive report from Adalytics exposed Google’s little-known practice of serving search ads on websites featuring everything from hardcore pornography to disinformation. Brands (and Google) scrambled to
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Sleeping Giants first tweeted about Breitbart 7 years ago. Here’s why the toxic site is still alive.
Hey folks, Nandini here. Seven years ago, Breitbart was at the height of its power and influence when a tiny social media account called Sleeping Giants pushed out its first tweet: “Did you know your ads are on Breitbart?” The campaign ate their breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breitbart lost 90% of its revenue in 3
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OpenWeb’s secret relationship with Steve Bannon
Something interesting is going on with OpenWeb. The ad exchange has built a niche for itself in the advertising business: “saving online conversations” from hate, lies and disinformation. They’ve gone on the record to say that they would never work with Breitbart. And they’ve made a big show of being big on brand safety. But
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