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An Adalytics report shows how ad systems run by Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others inadvertently placed ads on a website that hosts CSAM (Thomas Germain/BBC)

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February 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The surveilance economy not only denies online users' fundamental rights, but businesses which rely on online advertsing get ripped off

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Adalytics: The Ad Industry’s Bot Problem Is Worse Than We Thought | AdExchanger
An Adalytics report released Friday details numerous instances of brands serving ads to known bots, despite using pre-bid bot detection.
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March 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Adalytics: DoubleVerify, IAS, and Human Security, paid by advertisers to detect bots, regularly miss such traffic; DoubleVerify missed 21% of bot visits (Patience Haggin/Wall Street Journal)

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March 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
From the BBC:
"According to a new report from Adalytics, advertising systems run by companies including Google, Amazon and Microsoft have inadvertently funnelled money to the owners of a website hosting illegal images of child sex abuse."

I covered this 2 years ago!
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Creative Good: How Google profits from criminal activity
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February 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
『Google・Amazon・Microsoftはオンライン広告サービスとしてGoogle 広告、Amazon Ads、Microsoft 広告を提供しています。これらのオンライン広告サービスが、「児童ポルノを掲載するサイトに広告を表示している」と調査会社のAdalyticsが指摘しました。』

Google・Amazon・Microsoftなどが児童ポルノを掲載するサイトに広告を掲載していたことが明らかに
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Google・Amazon・Microsoftなどが児童ポルノを掲載するサイトに広告を掲載していたことが明らかに
Google・Amazon・Microsoftはオンライン広告サービスとしてGoogle 広告、Amazon Ads、Microsoft 広告を提供しています。これらのオンライン広告サービスが、「児童ポルノを掲載するサイトに広告を表示している」と調査会社のAdalyticsが指摘しました。
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February 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Adalytics finds 9,000+ pirated movies, including summer blockbusters, TV shows, and live sports on YouTube, amassing a collective 250M+ views from July to May (New York Times)

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July 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Amazon plans transparency updates for its ad buying system after an Adalytics report found it placed ads on sites hosting CSAM and other problematic content (Marty Swant/Digiday)

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February 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Scoop: Officials from the DOJ and the NCIS have held multiple conversations with advertising executives about several brand-safety scandals spurred by reports from the ad-tech consulting firm Adalytics, Marketing Brew has learned.

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DOJ, NCIS ask ad executives about brand-safety companies
Officials from the federal agencies have inquired about reports focused on Google, DoubleVerify, and IAS, Marketing Brew has learned.
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October 11, 2024 at 5:54 PM
#Adalytics research report found #Google, #Amazon, are placing ads on website that hosts -
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE material ( #CSAM )‼️

Negligence fuels financial infrastructure that keeps these sites running

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#bluecrew #demcast #bluewave #proudblue #Dems #GOP

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Tell Google & Amazon: Stop Monetizing Child Abuse Websites
A shocking Adalytics research report has uncovered that Google, Amazon, and other ad tech companies are placing ads—including federal government ads—on a website known to host child sexual abuse mater...
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March 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
ICYMI: BidSwitch opens Adalytics bidstream audits to supply partners at no cost #DigitalMarketing #AdTech #BidSwitch #Adalytics #SupplyChain
BidSwitch opens Adalytics bidstream audits to supply partners at no cost
Opt-in layer sits on top of malware and IVT filters across a network wired to 200-plus platforms. Can an exchange audit the supply it also gets paid to route?
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September 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
If I can't advertise it, don't put my ads there.

Read the Adalytics report here: adalytics.io/blog/adtech-...

My full thoughts on it here: www.linkedin.com/posts/navahh...

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#ppc #google #amazon #porn #waste #digitalmarketing
Don't put my #ads on #porn: do better #google #amazon re: #adalytics research on bad placements
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February 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Here is the entire Adalytics report, which is the basis of the BBC article cited above. adalytics.io/blog/adtech-...
Full Report - Are ad tech vendors facilitating or monitoring ads on a website that hosts Child Sexual Abuse Material ?
Ad tech vendors were seen serving ads on a website known to host child sexual abuse material
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February 11, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Adalytics’ latest report raises big questions: How are ads still being served to known bots? 🤖 Experts explain why this failure happened & what needs to change.

#AdTech #BotDetection #Programmatic #Advertising
Verification Providers Missed Easy-To-Spot Bots, Says Adalytics. What Went Wrong? | AdExchanger
Industry experts offered possible explanations for why the bots in Adalytics' latest report seemingly went undetected by verification tech.
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March 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
According to a report from Adalytics, “advertising systems run by companies including Google, Amazon and Microsoft have inadvertently funnelled money to the owners of a website hosting illegal images of child sex abuse.”
February 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Deal would let Adalytics take findings directly to Quad media clients if the agency doesn’t do so itself.
Controversial ad tech watchdog Adalytics is publicizing a paying client for the first time
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February 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Senators are asking brand-safety and ad tech companies for answers after a report from the research firm Adalytics alleged that advertisers appeared on image-sharing sites that have... been found to host child sexual abuse materials"

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Legislators ask DoubleVerify, IAS for answers after new report finds ads next to explicit content
A report from the research firm Adalytics alleges that advertisers “may be inadvertently funding a website that is known to host child sexual abuse materials.”
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February 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
BidSwitch opens Adalytics bidstream audits to supply partners at no cost #DigitalMarketing #AdTech #ProgrammaticAdvertising #SupplyChain #BidSwitch
BidSwitch opens Adalytics bidstream audits to supply partners at no cost
Opt-in layer sits on top of malware and IVT filters across a network wired to 200-plus platforms. Can an exchange audit the supply it also gets paid to route?
ppc.land
September 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
This does seem sus and Forbes have form when it comes to be dishonest. They ran that MFA site for 6 or 7 years only stopping this year after it was discovered by Adalytics and reported on by the WSJ. It’s probably more 💩
November 27, 2024 at 12:57 PM
BBC coverage of a new Adalytics report that demonstrates how ad tech systems help fund CSAM sites www.bbc.com/future/artic...
How big tech's ad systems helped fund child abuse online
Some of the biggest tech companies in the world served ads on a website featuring images of child abuse, helping to fund its operations.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
If you want to kill the financial incentives for publishing child sexual abuse material online, prosecute the boards of directors of the digital giants for Wilful Blindness. Treat them like any other media business & watch those algorithms change overnight. www.unprompted.news/Adalytics-ex...
Adalytics reveals Big Tech’s dirty secret: How its profits are fueled by dark corners of the web
Adalytics report, titled
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February 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Google served ads for the NSA, FBI, USArmy
@nytimes.com + many Fortune 500 companies on sanctioned Iranian + Russian sites + porn sites through its Search Partners product, which does not allow advertisers to track where ads are placed, new Adalytics report shows
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Google network displayed ads on sanctioned websites, report shows
The Google Search Partners network showed ads from corporations and government agencies on sites belonging to sanctioned Iranian and Russian entities, according to a report from Adalytics.
therecord.media
November 29, 2023 at 5:57 PM
No matter the tool you use (AI, crawler, keyword blocking etc...) for brand safety, as long as people do not understand programmatic and do not check the reports you will have ads on inappropriate contents like showed in Adalytics paper adalytics.io/blog/ai-bran...
August 7, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Looks like Elfsight has been used in websites for other government officials. Adalytics raised the issue as a security concern in their research. adalytics.io/blog/is-cong...
Is Congress leaking your data to Google, Facebook, or foreign companies?
The vast majority (98.9%) of US Senators and Congressional Representatives are sending certain data points about their constituents, including potentially minors, to for-profit companies such as Googl...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
here is the full report. this is where brand safety efforts should be focused including with Facebook, Instagram and Google. It's non-partisan, everyone across the aisle agrees it shouldn't be monetized (well except maybe Musk/X). 2/2 www.adweek.com/media/double...
DoubleVerify Implements Brand Safety Updates in Wake of Critical Adalytics Report
The platform had added new exclusion categories and reached out to agencies dedicated to child safety.
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February 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM