How to uninstall the Australian Ad Observatory plugin

Thank you for taking part in the Australian Ad Observatory project! You have helped collect more than half a million ads.

Researchers at the ADM+S Centre are using this database of ads to identify scam advertising, price discrimination and “greenwashing” advertisements as well as targeted advertising practices used to promote gambling, alcohol + more.

The project is ongoing and we hope that you can continue to contribute ads and support for this project.

RESEARCH ENABLED BY THE AD OBSERVATORY

Read about some of the projects using data from the Australian Ad Observatory to make online advertising more transparent and accountable.

Working with the Consumer Policy Research centre, ADM+S researchers are searching the Ad Observatory to identify how frequently consumers are targeted with green advertising, and how misleading these claims are.

Environmental Claims and Greenwashing

Consumer Finance Advertising

Person on coach looking at unhealthy food options on laptop screen

Advertising for Unhealthy Foods

2x mobile phones: one with casino online screen and the other with sport bet screen

Gambling Advertising

Alcohol bottle in small trolley in front of computer screen with credit card options

Alcohol Advertising

Monitoring Election Advertising on Facebook

We are excited that this project has been extended until the end of 2023 !

If you would like to continue to donate your Facebook ads to this project you don’t need to do anything. If you would like to uninstall the plugin please follow the instructions below.

UNINSTALL INSTRUCTIONS

You can follow these guides to uninstall the plugin for Chrome, Firefox or Edge

CONTACT US

If you need help uninstalling the plugin or have a question contact us datadonation@admscentre.org.au