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Facebook tests a new feature to recommend businesses in News Feed
Facebook is testing a new feature that will recommend posts from businesses in users’ News Feeds.
What would the internet look like without third-party cookies?
With recent news about Google committing to disabling third-party cookies in Chrome, it seems like the internet as we know it is about to undergo a seismic shift — at least behind the scenes. What will it look like?
Google allegedly gave its ad system an advantage with a special project
Google ran an effort, Project Bernanke, that supposedly gave its ad system an unfair edge — and Texas intends to use this in its antitrust case.
Online advertisers take on Google with their own third-party cookie alternative
Online advertisers have come up with their own ad tracking alternative to Google's FLoC.
TikTok will make personalized ads mandatory on April 15th
Starting next month, TikTok won't have an option to only see general ads anymore.
T-Mobile will start automatically enrolling customers in an ad targeting program
In a recent privacy policy update, the carrier said it would start sharing that information with marketing agencies starting April 26th unless customers opt out.
Google is policing itself on privacy because it knows it has to
Google announced in January 2020 that it planned to make third-party cookies obsolete over the course of two years, and now the company has confirmed it won’t just substitute in a new tracker or identifier that can follow people across the internet. That doesn’t mean personalized ad tracking is going away, but it will be more anonymized.
Facebook accused of knowingly inflating its ad audience
Facebook's senior executives knew that it was overestimating the number of users its advertisers could reach, according to an amended lawsuit.
Google unwittingly allowed advertisers to discriminate against nonbinary people
An investigation by The Markup has found that Google inadvertently allowed advertisers to discriminate against nonbinary and some transgender people.
Facebook will let researchers study its election ad targeting data
'Understanding the online political advertising landscape is key to protecting elections.'
Facebook and Google allegedly cut a deal that reduced ad competition
Leaks have detailed a deal between Facebook and Google that allegedly reduced ad competition between the two companies, raising antitrust concerns.
Facebook temporarily bans ads for gun accessories and military gear
Facebook has paused all ads for gun accessories and military gear in the US through President-elect Biden's inauguration.
Google is again halting all political ads following Capitol Hill riots
Ads referencing impeachment and the inauguration are also temporarily prohibited.
Telegram channels will start getting ads next year
Telegram founder Pavel Durov says you won’t see the startup sell to a company like Facebook, but starting in 2021, it will begin serving ads to cover some of its costs.
Texas announces a multi-state antitrust suit against Google
The state's AG said the company used 'monopolistic power to control' ad pricing.
Facebook runs full-page newspaper ads to attack iOS 14 privacy changes
Facebook is using full-page newspaper ads to criticize an upcoming Apple policy that will give iPhone and iPad customer the choice over whether advertisers can track them. If the policy change goes ahead, it argues, these sorts of companies will be unable to find and target customers with personalised ads. If they can’t do that, their sales will plummet, “adding to the many challenges they face right now,” the company argues in the ad, which Bloomberg reports will be running in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post papers.
FTC demands Amazon, Facebook and others explain their privacy practices
Twitter, Discord, TikTok owner ByteDance and YouTube are also among the subjects of a study.
Google will let you limit YouTube ads for booze and gambling
Google is introducing new advertising settings that allow users to see fewer ads related to gambling and alcohol.
Google will lift its ban on election ads this Thursday
Such ads have been prohibited since November 3rd.
The UK is creating a new agency to regulate Big Tech
The UK plans to create a new agency called the Digital Markets Unit to regulate large tech companies such as Google and Facebook.