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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/ApprehensiveClub5652 on 2024-11-01 09:31:08+00:00.

Original Title: Disinformation can be considered a negative externality of the digital advertising market. The reason is that ad-trading is done programmatically (through machine-to-machine interactions) which means that advertisers do not always know whether their ads are bankrolling fake news and harmful content.