Google Abusing Dominant Position in Ad Tech Sector, Says U.K. Government

Google owns four prominent ad tech tools, and the Competition and Markets Authority said it is using its industry dominance to prevent competition from rivals. Continue reading Google Abusing Dominant Position in Ad Tech Sector, Says U.K. Government

Smashing Security podcast #380: Teachers TikTok targeted, and fraud in the doctors’ waiting room

Execs at a health tech startup are sentenced to jail after a massive ad fraud, and a school is shaken after teachers are targeted via TikTok.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity ve… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #380: Teachers TikTok targeted, and fraud in the doctors’ waiting room

How Misinformation Spreads? It’s Funded By ‘The Hellhole of Programmatic Advertising’

Journalist Steven Brill has written a new book called The Death of Truth. Its subtitle? “How Social Media and the Internet Gave Snake Oil Salesmen and Demagogues the Weapons They Needed to Destroy Trust and Polarize the World-And What We Can Do.”

An … Continue reading How Misinformation Spreads? It’s Funded By ‘The Hellhole of Programmatic Advertising’