Stop funding misinformation

Misinformation sites are serving as super-spreaders for conspiracy theories and identity-based hate, funded by advertisers who have no idea their ads are even appearing there. We call on brands advertising on sites to stop funding misinformation.

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Endangering Women for Profit

Facebook and Google sell ad space for dangerous medical misinformation

Facebook and Google are selling ad space promoting so-called abortion "reversal" - a dangerous and unproven procedure. ​The only clinical trial for so-called abortion “reversals” was abandoned after some participants were hospitalized with “severe hemorrhaging”.​ Yet, Facebook and Google are selling ads for profit promoting this procedure, in some cases to minors as young as 13 years old

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