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Porn, Piracy and Fraud Lurk Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire

Craig Silverman — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 19:00:47 +0000

Google’s ad business hides the identities of all publishers it works with and where billions of ad dollars flow. Propublica uncovered a network containing manga piracy, porn, fraud and disinformation.

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Google Allowed a Sanctioned Russian Ad Company to Harvest User Data for Months

Craig Silverman — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 16:55:43 +0000

The internet giant may have provided Sberbank-owned RuTarget with unique mobile phone IDs, IP addresses, location information and details about users’ interests and online activity.

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Google Says It Bans Gun Ads, But Actually Makes Money from Them

Craig Silverman — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 16:20:01 +0000

The tech giant has long boasted that it doesn’t accept ads for firearms, but a ProPublica analysis shows that Google’s ad systems served up more than 100 million ads from gun makers.

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