advertising ethics coalition
Conscious Advertising Network
Industry Advertising
A voluntary advertising-industry network publishing manifestos and guidance on ad fraud, informed consent, inclusion, children's wellbeing, sustainability, and misinformation. Conscious Advertising Network scores well as a reform coalition because it pushes ad buyers away from harmful funding and opaque practices, but its voluntary member structure and advertiser-led frame are less binding than democratic or public-interest control.
Why this matters: CAN is a useful comparison point for advertising reform that works through industry standards rather than user-owned infrastructure.
Letter grade B Qualified Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
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Evaluation Overview
B - Qualified
The score turns mainly on Extraction, with the largest penalty coming from Ideological Disavowal.
Strengths
- Extraction6/10
- Ownership5/10
- Governance5/10
Penalties
- Ideological Disavowal-2
Evidence state
- ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims11
- Direct axis claims11
- Coverage11/14
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
?
Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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5 / 10 |
Conscious Advertising Network is organized around the structure described in its public materials rather than democratic ownership by all affected users or workers. Linked evidence
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Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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5 / 10 |
Conscious Advertising Network's linked public materials show a governance model where ordinary users, advertisers, members, or pledge participants do not have full binding control over institutional direction. Linked evidence
|
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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6 / 10 |
Conscious Advertising Network's model changes the flow of advertising, attention, data, or creator revenue compared with ordinary surveillance advertising. Linked evidence
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Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
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3 / 7 |
Conscious Advertising Network is organized around the structure described in its public materials rather than democratic ownership by all affected users or workers. Linked evidence
|
Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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4 / 7 |
Conscious Advertising Network is organized around the structure described in its public materials rather than democratic ownership by all affected users or workers. Linked evidence
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Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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5 / 7 |
Conscious Advertising Network is organized around the structure described in its public materials rather than democratic ownership by all affected users or workers. Linked evidence
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Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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5 / 5 |
Conscious Advertising Network operates in or against the advertising and attention market by changing how consent, tracking, ad placement, creator funding, or marketing ethics work. Linked evidence
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Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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5 / 5 |
Conscious Advertising Network's core product or program is aimed at changing advertising, tracking, data markets, or marketing practice rather than simply maximizing hidden behavioral extraction. Linked evidence
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Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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4 / 5 |
Conscious Advertising Network's model can scale through software, standards, pledges, advertising buyers, or data-market infrastructure, with different accountability risks depending on control structure. Linked evidence
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Penalties
| Penalty | Applied | Why this penalty |
|---|---|---|
Ideological Disavowal
?
Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional
necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or
non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.
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-2 |
Conscious Advertising Network frames contested choices about advertising, consent, misinformation, attention, or data markets as responsible infrastructure or reform rather than as a situated institutional position. Linked evidence
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Bonus Credits
| Bonus | Credit | Why this credit |
|---|---|---|
Openness to Dissent
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Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public
dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.
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1 / 3 |
Conscious Advertising Network publicly challenges dominant advertising or tracking practices, creating room for criticism of the existing attention economy. Linked evidence
|
Constitutional Spirit
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Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms
even where private law does not strictly require it.
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2 / 3 |
Conscious Advertising Network's public work supports privacy, user autonomy, speech, or information-integrity norms beyond bare legal compliance. Linked evidence
|
Good Deal
?
Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low
lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
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1 / 3 |
Conscious Advertising Network gives users, creators, or participating organizations a more legible or fairer value proposition than ordinary opaque advertising markets. Linked evidence
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Cost Transparency
?
Credit for clear posted prices, all-in fees, unit costs, public rate
cards, margin/cost visibility, or surplus-allocation transparency,
especially in markets where opaque quotes, hidden fees, or
individualized pricing are normal.
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1 / 3 |
Conscious Advertising Network's public materials make parts of the advertising, reward, pledge, or creator-payment exchange more visible than conventional adtech. Linked evidence
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Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
Medium 76/100
11 verified linked claims 11 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 11/14 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 19/20
11 verified linked claims
Source quality 10/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 9/18
11 direct claims across 14 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 8/10
11/14 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1Conscious Advertising Network is organized around the structure described in its public materials rather than democratic ownership by all affected users or workers.
- Conscious Advertising Network homeGeneral web source · 58%
2Conscious Advertising Network's public materials show a governance model where ordinary users, advertisers, members, or pledge participants do not have full binding control over institutional direction.
- Conscious Advertising Network homeGeneral web source · 58%
3Conscious Advertising Network's model changes the flow of advertising, attention, data, or creator revenue compared with ordinary surveillance advertising.
- Conscious Advertising Network homeGeneral web source · 58%
4Conscious Advertising Network operates in or against the advertising and attention market by changing how consent, tracking, ad placement, creator funding, or marketing ethics work.
- Conscious Advertising Network homeGeneral web source · 58%
5Conscious Advertising Network's core product or program is aimed at changing advertising, tracking, data markets, or marketing practice rather than simply maximizing hidden behavioral extraction.
- Conscious Advertising Network homeGeneral web source · 58%
6Conscious Advertising Network's model can scale through software, standards, pledges, advertising buyers, or data-market infrastructure, with different accountability risks depending on control structure.
- CAN Information Integrity and Hate manifestoGeneral web source · 58%
7Conscious Advertising Network publicly challenges dominant advertising or tracking practices, creating room for criticism of the existing attention economy.
- CAN Information Integrity and Hate manifestoGeneral web source · 58%
8Conscious Advertising Network's public work supports privacy, user autonomy, speech, or information-integrity norms beyond bare legal compliance.
- CAN Information Integrity and Hate manifestoGeneral web source · 58%
9Conscious Advertising Network gives users, creators, or participating organizations a more legible or fairer value proposition than ordinary opaque advertising markets.
- Conscious Advertising Network homeGeneral web source · 58%
10Conscious Advertising Network's public materials make parts of the advertising, reward, pledge, or creator-payment exchange more visible than conventional adtech.
- Conscious Advertising Network homeGeneral web source · 58%
11Conscious Advertising Network frames contested choices about advertising, consent, misinformation, attention, or data markets as responsible infrastructure or reform rather than as a situated institutional position.
- CAN Information Integrity and Hate manifestoGeneral web source · 58%
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