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Craig Silverman, ProPublica
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Google ads paying for porn, propaganda, piracy and more
Websites notorious for disseminating disinformation, pirated content and pornographic materials have been found to enjoy a steady stream of revenue from Google.
Craig Silverman, ProPublica & Ruth Talbot, ProPublica
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How Google Ads is funding misinformation around the world
Websites infamous for spreading fake news have been earning thousands of dollars from Google Ads.
Craig Silverman, ProPublica, Ruth Talbot, ProPublica & Anna Klühspies, ProPublica
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Investigation: Google shared user data with a sanctioned Russian ad company for months
The tech giant may have provided RuTarget with unique phone numbers, IP addresses, location information and details about users’ interests and online activity.
Craig Silverman, ProPublica
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‘Animal’ review: Hard to stomach – but equally hard to ignore
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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Pithora is for the gods, not for products, say Adivasis
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In Assam, railway line expansion and electrification threaten the hoolock gibbon, India’s only ape
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Tamil Nadu anti-corruption police raid ED office after arresting agency’s officer in bribery case
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Google doesn’t accept gun ads – but it does profit from them
An analysis shows the tech giant’s ad systems served more than 100 million ads from America’s firearm industry.
Craig Silverman, ProPublica & Ruth Talbot, ProPublica
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War in Ukraine: Russian state media is spreading disinformation under the guise of fact-checks
The war has unleashed a torrent of false and misleading information from both sides.
Craig Silverman, ProPublica & Jeff Kao, ProPublica
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Investigation: Your WhatsApp messages are far less private than you think
Since purchasing the messaging app in 2014, Facebook has quietly undermined its sweeping security assurances in multiple ways.
Peter Elkind, ProPublica, Jack Gillum, ProPublica & Craig Silverman, ProPublica
Video
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Watch: Macaulay Culkin recreates iconic ‘Home Alone’ dialogue in his Walk of Fame induction speech
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Watch: New York gets a new attraction where visitors can recreate iconic steel beam photograph
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‘This guy really wants some attention’: Actor Chris Evans’s pet dog interrupts his video call
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Watch: Gazan child turns to stone in shock and fear as air strikes are resumed after ceasefire
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‘Thanks for the sandwich’: Artist roasts Spotify for low earnings in their year-end videos