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Chico23231 · 09-05-2018, 11:54 AM

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article...ght-google-ads

"This Group Posed As Russian Trolls And Bought Political Ads On Google. It Was Easy"

Why Social media is the enemy of the people too.

In the summer of 2018, after months of public and legislator outcry over election interference, you might think it would be difficult for a Russian troll farm to purchase — with Russian currency, from a Russian ZIP code — racially and politically divisive ads through Google. And you might reasonably assume that if such a troll farm were able to do this, Google — which has said "no amount of interference that is acceptable" — would prevent it from successfully targeting those ads toward thousands of Americans on major news sites and YouTube channels.

But you’d be wrong.

Researchers from the advocacy group the Campaign for Accountability — which has frequently targeted Google with its “transparency project” investigations and has received funding from Google competitor Oracle — posed as Kremlin-linked trolls and successfully purchased divisive online ads using Google’s ad platform and targeted them toward Americans.

The advertisements appeared on the YouTube channels and websites of media brands like CNN, CBS This Morning, HuffPost, and the Daily Beast.

These in bold aren't honest, fair, and actively participate in dividing the nation for revenue. They run fake ads with their fake news. Here's proof again.

09-05-2018, 11:54 AM	#673
Chico23231 Warpath Hall of Fame Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 35,307	Re: Media Bias https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article...ght-google-ads "This Group Posed As Russian Trolls And Bought Political Ads On Google. It Was Easy" Why Social media is the enemy of the people too. In the summer of 2018, after months of public and legislator outcry over election interference, you might think it would be difficult for a Russian troll farm to purchase — with Russian currency, from a Russian ZIP code — racially and politically divisive ads through Google. And you might reasonably assume that if such a troll farm were able to do this, Google — which has said "no amount of interference that is acceptable" — would prevent it from successfully targeting those ads toward thousands of Americans on major news sites and YouTube channels. But you’d be wrong. Researchers from the advocacy group the Campaign for Accountability — which has frequently targeted Google with its “transparency project” investigations and has received funding from Google competitor Oracle — posed as Kremlin-linked trolls and successfully purchased divisive online ads using Google’s ad platform and targeted them toward Americans. The advertisements appeared on the YouTube channels and websites of media brands like CNN, CBS This Morning, HuffPost, and the Daily Beast. These in bold aren't honest, fair, and actively participate in dividing the nation for revenue. They run fake ads with their fake news. Here's proof again.