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The Lincoln Project

98: Check My Ads with Claire Atkin

The Lincoln Project

The Lincoln Project

News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

4.69.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Host Reed Galen is joined by Claire Atkin, Co-Founder of the Check My Ads Institute, an independent watchdog non-profit that's reshaping the digital ad-tech industry by cutting disinformation off from its lifeline…which is advertisements and money. They discuss the work being done at the institute, especially in regards to combatting disinformation, and also lay out CMA’s top targets and how they are engaging them. To learn more about Claire Atkin and the Check My Ads Institute visit checkmyads.org.

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0:00.0

Hey, everyone, before we get started today, I just want to thank everyone that listens.

0:04.3

We had 11 million downloads in 2021.

0:09.1

I could not be more humbled or flattered by all of the support that each and every one of you

0:14.2

shows day in and day out weekend and week out.

0:17.4

Thank you so much.

0:18.6

I hope you'll come along with us in 2022 where the stakes are even higher.

0:22.4

I know that you will.

0:23.7

I want to say thank you.

0:24.7

And now on with the show.

0:35.0

Welcome back to the Lincoln project.

0:37.0

I'm your host, Reed Gaelin.

0:39.1

Today, I'm joined by Claire at co-founder of the Check My Ads Institute, a nonprofit independent

0:45.4

watchdog that's reshaping the digital ad tech industry by cutting disinformation off from

0:50.2

its lifeline, which is advertising and money. Claire, welcome to the show.

0:55.2

Hi, thanks for having me.

0:56.7

So today, I want to talk about the work you're doing through Check My Ads, especially with

1:00.4

regards to combating disinformation and get into the kind of targets that you're going

1:04.4

after and how you're engaging them.

1:06.3

But first, I want to hear a little bit more about your background.

1:08.6

So let's get into it.

1:10.0

Before you co-founded Check My Ads, you spent a fair amount of time in the marketing space.

1:14.5

So can you tell us about what you did before Check My Ads, how you came to this spot and

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