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Companies Think Their Idiot Customers Will Accidentally Cancel Their Subscriptions if It’s Too Easy
Trade groups told the U.S. lawmakers a simple ‘Click-to Cancel’ proposal to easily quit subscriptions could actually lead customers to miss out on hot new deals.
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Junk News Sites Are Abusing Ad Systems With AI-Generated Content
Content farms using chatbots like ChatGPT have exploded in prevalence and threatens the lifeblood of the internet.
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YouTube Is Forcing Some Users to Disable Adblockers
YouTube is prompting some users to switch off their browsers’ ad blockers. If they refuse, they can’t watch the videos.
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Facebook’s Ad System Went Nuts and Charged Customers for Ads No One Saw
Facebook’s advertising system went haywire starting around 2 am on Sunday morning, charging marketers extra money for ads that no one saw. Reports suggest Meta, the social network’s parent company, charged some advertisers more than double what they agreed to pay, ranging from hundreds to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Meta briefly took part of…