Ruth Talbot – San Jose Inside https://www.sanjoseinside.com A look inside San Jose politics and culture Sat, 24 Dec 2022 11:21:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.12 Porn, Piracy and Fraud Lurk Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire https://www.sanjoseinside.com/business/porn-piracy-and-fraud-lurk-inside-googles-black-box-ad-empire/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/business/porn-piracy-and-fraud-lurk-inside-googles-black-box-ad-empire/#respond Mon, 26 Dec 2022 19:00:47 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201201514 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 Says It Bans Gun Ads, But Actually Makes Money from Them https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/investigative-reports/google-says-it-bans-gun-ads-but-actually-makes-money-from-them/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/investigative-reports/google-says-it-bans-gun-ads-but-actually-makes-money-from-them/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2022 16:20:01 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201195737 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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