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Why is the internet overflowing with rubbish ads – and what can we do about it? (theconversation.com)
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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

The reason is programmatic advertising and Google has 90% market share there. Btw, it helps spreading misinformation too.