Will including prescription drug prices in ads drive down prices? ~health healthcare medicine Article 1125 words 6 votes
How WhatsApp leaked my private information to advertisers ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 406 words 14 votes
Fake news is getting a big boost from real companies ~news journalism usa politics.usa Article 530 words 4 votes
Burger King is the latest brand to use depression as a marketing tool ~design advertising Article 941 words 11 votes
Even space isn’t safe from ads: Companies want to turn satellites into billboards ~space satellites Article 1609 words 15 votes
"It's not play if you're making money": How Instagram and YouTube disrupted US child labor laws ~tech social media facebook Article 2683 words 9 votes
Popular apps in Google's Play Store are abusing permissions and committing ad fraud ~tech google android privacy Article 3256 words 9 votes
The golden age of YouTube is over - The platform was built on the backs of independent creators, but now YouTube is abandoning them for more traditional content ~tech google social media Article 4243 words 37 votes
Ad fraud scheme drained users' batteries and data by running hidden video ads in Android apps ~tech android Article 2433 words 5 votes
Two devs automated the process of generating and publishing "garbage" mobile slot machine games on Google Play, and made over $50,000 ~games Article 1759 words 28 votes
Stepping into the uncanny, unsettling world of Shen Yun ~humanities religion Article 3703 words 25 votes
Google fined $1.7 billion by EU for unfair advertising rules ~tech google Article 1354 words 14 votes
US advertisers ditch Tucker Carlson and Jeanine Pirro’s Fox News shows; protesters urge other companies to join them ~tv Article 870 words 7 votes
Obscure no-deal Brexit group is UK's biggest political spender on Facebook ~tech facebook social media Article 17 votes
Google to ban political ads in Canada ahead of federal election, citing difficulty of complying with new transparency rules ~tech google Article 901 words 7 votes
Big pharma is partnering with Instagram influencers to sell new drugs and medical devices ~health Article 4860 words, published Feb 15 2019 15 votes
YouTube and demonetization: The hammer and nail of content moderation ~tech social media Article 1213 words 8 votes
On YouTube, a network of paedophiles is hiding in plain sight ~tech social media Article 1392 words 39 votes
Facebook decided which users are interested in Nazis — and let advertisers target them directly ~tech facebook social media Article 1499 words 10 votes
Chromium team to make changes to Manifest V3 in response to ad-blocking extension developers’ outrage ~tech browsers Link 36 votes
The Reese’s Piece: How a series of creative ads helped Reese’s peanut butter cups—and later, candy-coated peanut butter candies—conquer the world ~food history Article 2256 words, published Feb 14 2019 9 votes
Adblockers Performance Study - A detailed analysis of the performance of some of the most popular content-blocker engines ~tech browsers Link 18 votes
If Facebook wants to stop the spread of anti-vaxxers, it could start by not taking their ad dollars ~tech facebook social media Article 2014 words 12 votes
Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers ~tech Article 339 words 55 votes
Academy Awards to present cinematography and three other awards during commercials ~movies Article 538 words 6 votes
Inside the secret Facebook war for Mormon hearts and minds - What happens when social media manipulation targets religious faith? ~tech facebook social media Article 3250 words 12 votes
Facebook moves to block ad transparency tools- including ours ~tech facebook social media privacy Article 1337 words 8 votes
Thieves of experience: how Google and Facebook corrupted capitalism ~tech privacy social media google facebook Article 3968 words 6 votes
A new "short film" by razor company Gillette has called for men to be the best they can be, sparking a significant backlash ~life.men Article 812 words 42 votes
Pew study: 74% of Facebook users did not know Facebook was maintaining a list of their interests/traits, 51% were uncomfortable with it, and 27% felt the list was inaccurate ~tech facebook social media privacy Article 2317 words 21 votes
Banner blindness revisited: Users dodge ads on mobile and desktop ~tech internet Article 2028 words 7 votes
Street Fighter 5 has in-game advertisements now, and they’re as hilariously stupid and inept as you’d expect ~games Article 973 words 16 votes
Your apps know where you were last night, and they’re not keeping it secret ~tech privacy Article 2735 words 23 votes
Samsung used a DSLR photo to fake their phone's portrait mode functionality ~tech Article 714 words 16 votes
What WhatsApp’s upcoming monetisation means for the company and its 1.5 billion users ~tech facebook Article 4195 words 16 votes
Iceland supermarket chain to let loose animatronic orangutan after Christmas ad ban ~enviro conservation Article 9 votes
A Financial Times editor calls for a Fox News advertiser boycott ~tv Article 388 words, published Oct 29 2018 9 votes
Apple's latest anti-tracking feature in Safari takes toll on digital advertising ~tech apple privacy browsers Article 597 words, published Nov 1 2018 28 votes
Google Chrome’s users take a back seat to its bottom line ~tech browsers privacy google Article 1789 words 16 votes
Amazon pulls ads from Bloomberg, and Apple did not invite Bloomberg to its Oct. 30 event—both allegedly over China hacking story ~tech apple amazon Article 372 words 18 votes
Facebook's "paid for by" disclosure for political ads is easily manipulated and rarely verified ~tech facebook social media Article 1122 words 12 votes