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Porn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire <[link removed]> Google’s ad business hides nearly all publishers it works with and where billions of ad dollars flow. We uncovered a network containing manga piracy, porn, fraud and disinformation. by Craig Silverman and Ruth Talbot

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How Google’s Ad Business Funds Disinformation Around the World <[link removed]> The largest-ever analysis of Google’s ad practices on non-English-language websites reveals how the tech giant makes disinformation profitable. by Craig Silverman, Ruth Talbot, Jeff Kao and Anna Klühspies <[link removed]>

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