Frightening new evidence found by #Adalytics on how #adtech and #surveillanceads help fund #CSAM #childabuse online:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250207-how-google-amazon-and-microsoft-funnelled-ad-money-to-a-site-hosting-child-abuse-images

#TrackingFreeAds #privacy

Correction: I made a mistake, the evidence appears to have been collected by Adalytics, not CheckMyAds: https://adalytics.io/blog/adtech-vendors-csam-full-report

#Google #Adalytics
"Google 'may have cost media buyers up to billions of digital ad dollars' by putting ads on sites in ways that violate Google’s own standards."

The Verge:
Google is in hot water over video ads

"Google might’ve violated its own advertising policies by showing low-quality video ads on third-party websites, according to a report from analytics company Adalytics."
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/30/23777196/google-video-ads-policy-violation-sanctions

Interesting post by #Adalytics making the rounds: “Which websites are sharing data about consumers with Elon Musk’s Twitter?” (h/t @Bongolian): https://adalytics.io/blog/websites-sharing-data-with-twitter

Quick 🧵 to share thoughts, as a social media & tech startup lawyer responsible for such things at large sites in the past (not #Twitter). TL;DR: While alarming, esp. given Musk’s untrustworthiness, there are serious barriers to e.g. #Saudi or #Qatar gov vacuuming up user data in exchange for their investments. 1/x