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Meta Asked to Cough Up Millions and Apologise for Violating Campaign Transparency Laws 822 Times
For as much as Facebook wants to say it’s not interested in politics, it just can’t seem to keep from getting its hand caught in the political cookie jar.
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FTC Eyes a Crackdown on Influencers and Advertisers Who Target Kids
The Federal Trade Commission held an event Wednesday focused on the problem of “stealth” advertising in content geared towards children, where it’s difficult to differentiate between marketing and regular content. In the opening hours of the day-long event, the commission provided a glimpse into its thinking on the issue, and indicated that new regulatory efforts…
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Targeted Billboard Ads Are a Privacy Nightmare
Advertisers are using insights gleaned from targeted digital advertising and applying it to create physical billboards capable of serving up tailored advertisements catered to the types of people viewing them. If that concept sounds eerily familiar that’s because it’s precisely the type of physical targeted advertising vision Tom Cruise encounters when walking through a shopping…
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Political Advertisers Say They Are Stuck Using Facebook Even Though It Kinda Sucks
It turns out Facebook isn’t just the place where your angry uncle goes to vent his irate political opinions and numb out to soft porn; it’s also one of the last viable avenues for pushing political ads on the internet in 2022.