Google’s love for its adtech suite? That’s a monopolycule.

Adtech thrives in opacity, and if Google thought a bench trial in its monopoly case would save it from scrutiny, we’ve got some bad news.

We and a coalition of leading antitrust and civil society organizations have launched USvGoogleAds.com! It’s a hub for explaining Google's adtech products, key adtech terms, and the arguments of the trial from beginning to end.

We’re going to keep the public informed about this historic trial, and invite you to join us to learn about a case that has wide-reaching implications for everyday Google users, the news industry, and anyone who uses the internet.

Finally, my passion for a $1.50 hot-dog-and-Coke combo can be monetized

It's the principle of the thing!

The UN's new Global Principles for Information Integrity are here, and we helped.

The organization has taken up our recommendations from this past December, and the principles take into account the role adtech intermediaries play in monetizing hate, harassment, and harmful disinformation — much to dismay of advertisers themselves. Read 'em here.

Check My Ads, elsewhere

Our recent report on ads running next to hate content on X was mentioned in this story about German organizations ditching X.

We signed a letter sent to House Energy and Commerce Committee leadership on a privacy bill moving through Congress, because a privacy bill that excludes civil rights protections won’t protect us from the most serious abuses of our data.

Policy Director Sarah Kay Wiley went to DC to appear on the Disinformation and Manipulation of Elections panel at the Fixing the Information Crisis Before It's Too Late (for Democracy) conference put on by Open Markets Institute. You can watch it here!

That’s it for this week. Have a great weekend and we’ll have more updates soon.

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