Ads bought through Google are appearing on Russian and Iranian porn sites and other controversial web pages without the knowledge of the companies and organizations they promote, a report by U.S.-based advertising research body Adalytics has found.
It discovered dozens of ads, including for major Canadian brands and the British intelligence agency, placed through Google's search partner network on controversial and explicit sites from around the globe.
Adalytics also identified ads for Canadian companies, including Air Canada, Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank of Canada and Canada Goose, on questionable sites, including explicit foreign adult platforms, and the right-wing news site Breitbart.
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