GDI Brands appearing next to militia recruitment, incitement to violence content

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GDI has studied a selection of popular brand ads appearing on sites spreading disinformation around violence and recuritment.

Conspiracy theories include:

● Citizen Patrol● Militia Law Enforcement● Opposition to Tyranny● Rittenhouse, an American hero

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Ad tech serving these ads & funding these stories:

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Popular brands funding these stories:

ele Brandi

9:34 AM Today

Replaced logo, it's actually alzheimer's

association

Ocado, ASDA, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s Tesco & Whole Foods ad delivered by Google

Meatless farm ad delivered by Google

Wegmans and Lendingtree ad delivered by Google

Harry’s Ad delivered by Google

Similarweb ad delivered by Google

NYU ad delivered by Google

Long Island Federation of Labor ad delivered by Google

Progressive & TD Bank ad delivered by Google

Harry’s Razors ad delivered by Google

Thomson Reuters delivered by Google

Legal & General ad delivered by Infolinks

Agoda ad delivered by AdSupply

Kohls ad delivered by Infolinks

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