Documents and emails that were stolen have revealed how Xandr used a secret blacklist used to defund alternative news by targeting unpopular speech and blocking conservative websites.
According to documents and advertising industry insiders, a Microsoft-owned advertising firm has been flagging right-leaning websites internally and taking steps to defund and de-platform them. The company subscribes to a left-leaning "disinformation" group's secret blacklist for conservative media outlets.
The Global Disinformation Index, a British organization with two affiliated U.S. nonprofit organizations, provides ad networks like Xandr with top-secret blacklists with the aim of shutting down websites that purport to sell "disinformation." Now, sets of documents and emails that were stolen reveal how Xandr, which Microsoft acquired in 2021 for $1 billion, has targeted unpopular speech and prevented conservative websites from raking in significant advertising revenue.
"Xandr's use of po...
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