By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/08/2026I don't know why Google doesn't do this. Maybe they make huge sums from these scam ads and they don't want to forego the revenue. Or maybe they just don't care. Whichever it is, there's real consequences for this negligence by the internet's absentee landlord. 35/ 2616
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/08/2026Take abortions: fake abortion clinics - where pregnant women are bullied or tricked out of the abortions they're seeking - buy Google ads against the names of *real* abortion clinics. Google makes millions sending abortion-seekers to fake abortion providers: pluralistic.net/2023/06/15/p... 36/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Google makes millions on paid abortion disinformation (15 June 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 15512
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/08/2026Google started off as the ideal "intermediary" - the fancy economist's term for a "middleman." They took as their duty to figure out the best websites for you to look at based on your interests, serving as an honest broker between internet users and internet publishers. 37/ 1323