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Google is profiting from & funding misinformation about the Presidential election.
We estimate that 6 sites are making over $3million from ads placed there by Google.
Here's how major brands are inadvertently funding attempts to undermine democracy.
#no2misinfo
Google is profiting from & funding misinformation about the Presidential election.
We estimate that 6 sites are making over $3million from ads placed there by Google.
Here's how major brands are inadvertently funding attempts to undermine democracy.
#no2misinfo
This article on Gateway Pundit claims that coronavirus is being used as an excuse to push through “nefarious plans” to steal the election with mail-in voting.
@YamahaMotorUSA your ads are funding this false claim.
@YamahaMotorUSA your ads are funding this false claim.
This American Thinker article pushes the conspiracy of ongoing “election-rigging operations”, claiming without evidence that the 2016 election was rife with voter fraud.
@lightinthebox @fuboTV your ads are funding the spread of this terrible conspiracism.
@lightinthebox @fuboTV your ads are funding the spread of this terrible conspiracism.
This article in American Greatness falsely suggests that both Democrats & Republicans are planning “a post-election civil war to make sure Joe Biden takes the White House no matter what.”
Hey @thenorthface @888poker are you aware your ads are funding this dangerous conspiracism?
Hey @thenorthface @888poker are you aware your ads are funding this dangerous conspiracism?
The Washington Standard falsely suggests mail-in-voting is being used to steal the election and claims that voter fraud is part of philanthropist George Soros’s “diabolical agenda.”
@PUMA and @Kia are you aware Google is placing your ads on sites spreading misinformation?
@PUMA and @Kia are you aware Google is placing your ads on sites spreading misinformation?
This article in the Waking Times suggests that “terrorist attacks, pandemics, [and] civil unrest” are all “manipulated crises” designed to influence elections.
@AllSaintsLive did you know you are supporting these dangerous conspiracy theories?
@AllSaintsLive did you know you are supporting these dangerous conspiracy theories?
This piece by Big League Politics contains the dangerous message that “it does not appear that the swamp can be drained at the ballot box” and calls instead on “patriots” to “rise up and defend justice quickly.”
@Georgetown your ads are funding this dangerous message.
@Georgetown your ads are funding this dangerous message.
Join us in calling @Google CEO @SundarPichai to put people before profit and stop monetising misinformation that threatens the health of our democracy.
Visit https://www.counterhate.co.uk/no2misinfo to sign our open petition.
Visit https://www.counterhate.co.uk/no2misinfo to sign our open petition.
@PUMA @Georgetown @Kia @thenorthface @AllSaintsLive @888poker @lightinthebox @FuboTV @YamahaMotorUSA
Please remove your ads from these sites spreading election misinformation. Here’s how: http://stopfundingfakenews.com/for-advertisers
Please remove your ads from these sites spreading election misinformation. Here’s how: http://stopfundingfakenews.com/for-advertisers