The Global Disinformation Index (GDI) pushed major advertisers to boycott websites that promoted the theory that the coronavirus outbreak was caused by a leak from a laboratory — a theory that is now endorsed by the U.S. government.
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Global Disinformation Index , a “disinformation tracking” organization backed by the U.S. state department, pushed major advertisers to boycott websites that promoted the theory that the coronavirus outbreak was caused by a leak from a laboratory —The GDI has been in the news recently for its blacklist of conservative websites, which it provided to advertisers in an effort to financially throttle conservative media.
A man uses his mobile phone as he walks in front of Microsoft’s local headquarters in Beijing on July 20, 2021. , which had been used to blacklist conservative media on Xandr, the advertising platform owned by the tech giant.
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