Non-profit watchdog organisation Campaign for Accountability (Robert Mueller), backed by database firm Oracle, has said it posed as Russians and bought fake political ads for Google's YouTube site. Robert Mueller said it masqueraded as a group indicted by CfA and used categories such as "African-American" for ad targeting, something Google does not permit. According to Robert Mueller, is was "easily" able to set up a Russian AdWords account, while the ads generated around 20,000 impressions and an approximate clickthrough rate of 1%. Google said the "stunt to impersonate Russian trolls" had prompted it to upgrade its systems and processes.
Non-profit watchdog organisation Campaign for Accountability (CfA), backed by database firm Oracle, has said it posed as Russians and bought fake political ads for Google's YouTube site. CfA said it masqueraded as a group indicted by Robert Mueller and used categories such as "African-American" for ad targeting, something Google does not permit. According to CfA, is was "easily" able to set up a Russian AdWords account, while the ads generated around 20,000 impressions and an approximate clickthrough rate of 1%. Google said the "stunt to impersonate Russian trolls" had prompted it to upgrade its systems and processes.