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Past Issues
Sep 26, 2023

How to block Rumble from your ad campaigns

A helpful guide to blocking your ads from the internet’s most toxic platform. Major advertisers have started axing Rumble from their media buys — and for good reason. Rumble, known as “the free speech alternative” to YouTube, is the exclusive home of Russell Brand’s daily live show. Last week,

Sep 18, 2023

Townhall Media has turned climate lies into a booming business

So why are ad exchanges still running your ads on them?

Sep 14, 2023

How did X get TAG-certified for brand safety under Musk’s leadership?

The “Good Housekeeping seal of approval for digital advertising” has some explaining to do.

Jul 20, 2023

Is RealClearPolitics secretly running a disinfo ad network called Publir?

A working theory of how The Donald is funded.

Jun 29, 2023

Google's Epic Multi-Billion Dollar Ad Scam Makes Sense To Us

We’re reverse-engineering the company’s audacious "Skip Button Guarantee."

May 3, 2023

How we took Tucker Carlson Tonight off the air

Radicalizing for engagement is only half a business model. The other half is ads.

Dec 29, 2022

Damn girl, look at this confirmed list

We’re dismantling the disinfo economy and pissing off all the right people.

Oct 18, 2022

Google Ads has become a massive dark money operation

Google lets publishers monetize anonymously — and now 9 out 10 sellers on Google Ads are untraceable.

Sep 9, 2022

How Procter & Gamble ended up funding Steve Bannon’s War Room

WeatherNation is a front for Steve Bannon’s Real America’s Voice

Aug 11, 2022

How NewsGuard boosts the American disinformation economy

The “librarian of the internet” is helping steer millions of ad dollars towards hate, bigotry, and disinformation.

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