Skywriting - The bizarre art form invented to promote Lucky Strike cigarettes could bounce back in the Instagram age, or it could die with the few people who know how to do it Article 3202 words, published May 31 2019 5 votes
The North Face and Leo Burnett Tailor Made manipulated Wikipedia for marketing purposes Article 416 words 22 votes
Chrome Extension Manifest V3 could end uBlock Origin for Chrome security browsers Article 588 words 55 votes
Google changes policy on abortion advertising: will require advertisers who wish to run ads about abortion to apply for approval first google Article 301 words 5 votes
How WhatsApp leaked my private information to advertisers facebook privacy social media Article 406 words 14 votes
Popular apps in Google's Play Store are abusing permissions and committing ad fraud 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 google social media Article 4243 words 37 votes
Ad fraud scheme drained users' batteries and data by running hidden video ads in Android apps android Article 2433 words 5 votes
Obscure no-deal Brexit group is UK's biggest political spender on Facebook 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 google Article 901 words 7 votes
YouTube and demonetization: The hammer and nail of content moderation social media Article 1213 words 8 votes
On YouTube, a network of paedophiles is hiding in plain sight social media Article 1392 words 39 votes
Facebook decided which users are interested in Nazis — and let advertisers target them directly facebook social media Article 1499 words 10 votes
Chromium team to make changes to Manifest V3 in response to ad-blocking extension developers’ outrage browsers google Link 36 votes
Adblockers Performance Study - A detailed analysis of the performance of some of the most popular content-blocker engines browsers Link 18 votes
If Facebook wants to stop the spread of anti-vaxxers, it could start by not taking their ad dollars facebook social media Article 2014 words 12 votes
Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers Article 339 words 55 votes
Inside the secret Facebook war for Mormon hearts and minds - What happens when social media manipulation targets religious faith? facebook social media Article 3250 words 12 votes
Facebook moves to block ad transparency tools- including ours facebook social media privacy Article 1337 words 8 votes
Thieves of experience: How Google and Facebook corrupted capitalism privacy social media google facebook Article 3968 words 6 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 facebook social media privacy Article 2317 words 21 votes
Your apps know where you were last night, and they’re not keeping it secret privacy Article 2735 words 23 votes
Samsung used a DSLR photo to fake their phone's portrait mode functionality Article 714 words 16 votes
What WhatsApp’s upcoming monetisation means for the company and its 1.5 billion users facebook Article 4195 words 16 votes
Apple's latest anti-tracking feature in Safari takes toll on digital advertising apple privacy browsers Article 597 words, published Nov 1 2018 28 votes
Google Chrome’s users take a back seat to its bottom line 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 apple amazon Article 372 words 18 votes
Facebook's "paid for by" disclosure for political ads is easily manipulated and rarely verified facebook social media Article 1122 words 12 votes
How a 19th-century teenager sparked a battle over who owns our faces privacy security Article 2391 words 7 votes
Apps installed on millions of Android phones tracked user behavior to execute a multimillion dollar ad fraud scheme android Article 6055 words 28 votes
Facebook says it's immune from Washington State law governing election ad transparency facebook social media Article 1303 words 8 votes
Mozilla co-founder's Brave files adtech complaint against Google privacy google Article 627 words 15 votes
Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads, and they seem to be working amazon Article 1018 words 19 votes
Google and Mastercard cut a secret ad deal to track retail sales google privacy Article 92 words 26 votes
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) asks FTC to investigate Google's market dominance google Article 408 words 17 votes
Internal documents show Facebook's own marketing strategy was influenced by what it learned from its valued customer, the Trump campaign facebook Article 1323 words 8 votes