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by roscoebeezie 2899 days ago
I’ve noticed CNN has had a crap ton of redirect ads recently...
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They come in waves and go away when ad exchanges figure out how to block them. It isn't usually tied to a single publisher, as they are bought and sold across ad exchanges that reach most of the ad funded web. They are extremely difficult for even manual reviewers to spot and reproduce, so the whole industry works to stop them together. Then new ones pop up.