Google let Daily Wire advertise on ‘climate change is a hoax’ searches

Exclusive: Data shared by Center for Countering Digital Hate shows Ben Shapiro's site bought ads on climate crisis denial search terms

A media outlet founded by conservative influencer Ben Shapiro paid Google to advertise on search pages questioning whether the climate crisis is real, according to new research from a disinformation watchdog group.

The Daily Wire bought ads on search terms over the past year such as climate change is a hoax" and why is climate change fake", meaning that when people Googled these phrases, stories from Shapiro's outlet were some of the first results that appeared, the research found.