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We protect your right to be free from scams, lies, and manipulation online. Find us across social media @checkmyads
Joined October 2021
🚀🚀🚀 Announcing the launch of The US is suing Google over its ad monopoly, the stakes are high, and adtech is intentionally confusing. That's why we and our partners made this site.
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This Giving Tuesday, we want to thank our beautiful Checkmates. You help us make sure advertiser dollars support legitimate publishers instead of AI spam, clickbait, and scams. If you’d like to join us as a Checkmate, go to to sign up.
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Brands are at the mercy of the algorithm when it comes to where their ads appear online, @catthekin writes for @WIRED. But they’re about to get more control.
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Per our previous investigation request:
🕵️CAUGHT AGAIN: Google has been instructing employees to destroy messages and hide documents for more than a decade. But while they might think they’re above the law, our enforcement agencies and federal judges keep telling them: you’re wrong.
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A little-known feature in your phone is probably doxxing you right now. It's called advertising ID, and for today's WTFriday, we're breaking down what you need to know about it.
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The FTC just made sure it’s as easy to cancel a subscription as it was to sign up for it. So why is an ad industry group suing to block this new rule? For today’s WTFriday, we’re answering that question.
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RT @catthekin: Check your ad campaigns now. Block all domains that are famous for conspiracies and extremism. Do not block the news.
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RT @FriendsCndm: You have a right to know where your money is going. Together, we have the power to make that happen. Join Friends of Cana…
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"Advertisers don't know where their ads are going when they work with Google." — @catthekin on the Fixing the Game podcast
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How messy will this election be? @catthekin, @stephen_richer, @JocelynBenson and others work to figure it out.
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Did you know that Google might have suppressed potentially incriminating documents during its recent antitrust trial? For today's WTFriday, we're talking about the complaint we submitted with our partners @econliberties and @Tech_Oversight about exactly that:
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@RichDalMonte @ChrisParry Some of the ads you're seeing -- the ones without a handle -- are being placed by Google. And a lot of times advertisers have no idea it's happening:
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All the fancy AI tech in the world won't save brands from appearing on MFA sites if brands can't confirm where their ads are running, @ArielleSGarcia says
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click for @UElksnitis's incredible mustache, stay for @catthekin talking about how we're fixing the internet on the Black on White podcast as part of #Disinfo2024
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@SenWhitehouse Because as we showed last month, Google is one of many companies helping lies about climate change prosper:
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