Category Archives: Advertising

The Seattle Times reports:
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, repeatedly and intentionally violated Washington campaign-ad transparency law and must pay penalties yet to be determined, a judge ruled Friday.

The court also denied Meta’s attempt to inval… Continue reading Facebook ‘Repeatedly and Intentionally’ Violated Washington’s Political Ad Law, Judge Rules→

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Google has breached a European Union court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to the inbox of Gmail users, Austrian advocacy group noyb.eu said on Wednesday in a complaint filed w… Continue reading Privacy Complaint Targets Google Over Unsolicited Ad Emails→

“Apple is set to expand ads to new areas of your iPhone and iPad in search of its next big revenue driver,” reports Bloomberg.

The Verge writes that Apple “could eventually bring ads to more of the apps that come pre-installed on your iPhone and othe… Continue reading Apple Finds Its Next Big Business: Showing Ads on Your iPhone→

Visa and Mastercard said Thursday card payments for advertising on Pornhub and its parent company MindGeek would be suspended after a lawsuit stoked controversy over whether the payments giants could be facilitating child pornography. CNBC reports: A f… Continue reading Visa, Mastercard Suspend Payment For Ad Purchases On PornHub and MindGeek→

CNN reports:

An “unsubscribe” option that’s a little too hard to find. A tiny box you click, thinking it simply takes you to the next page, but it also grants access to your data. And any number of unexpected charges that appear during checkout that w… Continue reading Companies are Subtly Tricking Users Online with ‘Dark Patterns’→

A Google-backed ad company called Glance is looking to launch in the US, and it brings media content, news, and casual games to Android lock screens. Android Police reports: If you’re not familiar with Glance, you can count yourself lucky. The lock scr… Continue reading An Ad Company Is Teaming Up With US Carriers To Take Over Your Lock Screen→

T-Mobile has just officially launched its new ad platform, known as T-Mobile Advertising Solutions. That innocuous name hides a rather sketchy business model — it aggregates your mobile application usage and sells it to advertisers. Android Police rep… Continue reading T-Mobile Has Started Selling Your App Data To Advertisers→

According to the Wall Street Journal, Comcast’s NBCUniversal subsidiary and Google are the “top contenders” for Netflix’s upcoming ad-supported streaming tier. “After many years of resisting ads, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced the plan for an ad-s… Continue reading Netflix Confirms Plans For Ad-Supported Service, Begins Second Round of Layoffs→

From the MacRumors blog earlier this week:
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, has initiated proceedings against Apple to investigate whether its tracking rules and anti-tracking technology are anti-competitive and self-serving, acco… Continue reading German Regulators Open Investigation Into Apple’s App Tracking Transparency→