Nov 26, 2021 • 32M

Defunding Disinfo (11/26/21) ft/ Claire Atkin

Hate and misinformation is a lucrative business for those willing to set aside their morals. Check My Ads is hoping to do something about that.

Jared Holt
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Claire Atkin is the co-founder of Check My Ads, an organization dedicated to boosting awareness of online advertising’s financing of hate and misinformation and working to drive change against it. She joins SH!TPOST to talk about the work her organization is doing, Dan Bongino’s targeting of her co-founder Nandini Jammi, and what a better future in online advertising looks like.

Learn more about Check My Ads: https://checkmyads.org/

Read the latest ‘Branded’ newsletter: https://checkmyads.org/branded/dan-bongino-is-begging-to-be-cancelled/

Follow Claire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/catthekin

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