Ad Tech + Brands on Coronavirus Disinfo Sites: 1-5 June

5 June 2020

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GDI has studied a selection of conspiracy stories and sites spreading disinformation about the coronavirus.

Conspiracy theories:● Coronavirus an excuse for mass censorship. ● Coronavirus is a hoax.● Coronavirus is weakening.● A military state is coming and arms are needed.● Coronavirus cures are used for population control.

All stories found on known disinformation sites.

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Ad tech serving these ads & funding these stories:

Note: Some of these companies include retargeting and data analytic companies serving the “last mile” for delivering online ads.

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Brands funding these sites & stories:

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Brand Advertisements

● All of these brands were found on the sites queried.

● Brand ads will vary by anyone’s data footprint & geolocation.

● Screenshots taken from locations in US, UK and Germany.

● Given EU data protections, most ads provide clickable information on the company providing ad.

● This information has been included and/or used to attribute the delivery of an ad to a specific tech company.

● The ad serving domain has been circled at the bottom of each screenshot (whenever available in the browser status bar).

FEMA ad delivered by Google

Bloomberg ad delivered by Google

Bitdefender ad delivered by Google

Netflix/E ad supported by Criteo

Dunkin ad delivered by Infolinks - Waking Times

Spotify and PayPal ads delivered by Google - The Waking Times

Amazon Prime Video ad delivered by Amazon

Dell ad delivered by Infolinks

PayPal ad delivered by Google - The Federalist

Walgreens ad delivered by Google

Amazon ad delivered by Amazon

One Medical ad delivered by Google

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Freshly ad supported by Criteo

Bloomberg News ad delivered by Google - Global Research

Postbank/DeutscheBank ad supported by TRG - Moon Battery

Wayfair and Seat ads delivered by Taboola - 21st Century Wire

Closed & Visa/Sparkasse ads delivered by Google - The Federalist

Statista ad delivered by Google - The Federalist

Ebay ad delivered by Google

Vimeo ad delivered by Google - The Federalist

Lending Tree and Atlassian ads delivered by Google

Wolford ad delivered by Google

Veeam ad delivered by Google - Activist Post

Mac Weldon ad delivered by Google

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