I would suggest putting a sentence like “google ads can show a trustworthy/trademarked url (such as YouTube.com) but if the user clicks, the link actually goes to evilscam.com” in the first paragraph. I didn’t understand that this might be what the article is about until clicking through to the examples and still felt uncertain about it until reading the comments here.

The language about how the tech companies are complicit, have a negative effect on society etc is dramatic. I think more focus on the mechanics of the fraud and how it works and less ideology would make the piece more credible. If the article makes it very clear how companies are screwing up, the reader will make those judgments on their own.