“This is for-profit fearmongering enhanced by aggressive data collection,” said Cindy Otis, Alethea Group’s vice president of analysis. ADADSeveral LLCs operated by the two men, including Rightside Data and Direct Mailers Group, are set up to sell the data collected from the right-wing websites. In the case of the network linked to Evans, profit appears to come not from Web advertising but from newsletter sign-ups. All but Family Survival are affiliates of Agora Inc., a Baltimore-based publishing network, and an Agora spokesman confirmed they had obtained email addresses from Rightside Data. Most of the content is pulled from other conservative outlets, such as the Daily Wire and the Washington Examiner.

Source: Washington Post August 11, 2020 11:01 UTC