Ruth Talbot

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Ruth Talbot is a News Applications Developer at ProPublica.

Porn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire
Google’s ad business hides nearly all publishers it works with and where billions of ad dollars flow. We uncovered a network containing manga piracy, porn, fraud and disinformation.
By Ruth Talbot | January 2, 2023 9:00 a.m.
How Google’s Ad Business Funds Disinformation Around the World
The largest-ever analysis of Google’s ad practices on non-English-language websites reveals how the tech giant makes disinformation profitable.
By Ruth Talbot | November 5, 2022 9:02 a.m.
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