Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nSilicon Valley giants have pledged to crack down, and Alphabet Inc.\u2019s Google has removed ads from sites that violate its policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Global Disinformation Index is a U.K.-based research group that provides disinformation risk ratings on media sites all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Google, Amazon and OpenX with the latest findings from its report and none of the tech companies provided a formal response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group updates its research weekly and often tells tech companies when their platforms place ads on misinformation sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The research group releases this information, in part, as a way to alert advertisers when their marketing spots show up on this kind of website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These brands can help by pulling ads from tech platforms when they see issues like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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