Month: June 2020

President Trump’s recent move to control how Twitter and other online platforms treat users’ speech violates the First Amendment, the Center for Democracy & Technology alleges in a lawsuit filed
Tuesday.

The media companies join NBCUniversal, Fox, ViacomCBS and Univision in offering their inventory on the advanced TV platform.

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. After this exclusive first look for subscribers, the story by AdExchanger’s Sarah Sluis will be published in full on AdExchanger.com on Wednesday. Six months ago, South China Morning Post cut itself off from third-party data and switched to a first-party data… Continue reading »

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Parenting is already hard work. Add in a pandemic, and it’s merciless. Parent-teacher conferences have taken on a whole new meaning these last few months, mostly because millions of parents have become teachers–or at least teacher’s aides–as their kids learn from home. On this week’s episode of Adweek Radio, we focus on parenting and what…

The Association of National Advertisers has issued a statement objecting to the President’s executive order revoking certain liability protections for social media and other digital media platforms
and “dictating” that the cannot censor content on their sites. The statement, drafted by ANA General Counsel Doug Wood, calls the order “misguided” and asserts it “violates the First Amendment.”

Snapchat will no longer promote President Donald Trump’s account on its Discovery channel following statements he made off the platform this weekend, the company said today. “We will not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free promotion on Discover,” a Snapchat spokesperson confirmed to Adweek. “Racial violence and injustice have…

Facebook released new visualizations and datasets that are part of its Data for Good initiative, as well as a new survey related to Covid-19. The social network said in an updated Newsroom post that its new Covid-19 Map and Dashboard incorporates international results from the symptom survey conducted by Carnegie Mellon University Delphi Research Center…

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media.  Today’s column is written by Allison Schiff, senior editor at AdExchanger. It’s part of a series of perspectives from AdExchanger’s editorial team. Mark Zuckerberg sees himself as a defender of free speech. His detractors consider… Continue reading »

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In the next installment of Adweek’s new livestreamed video series, Adweek Presents: The Way Forward, we’ll focus on how, during this health crisis, online community marketers are quickly adapting their businesses to better serve their customers and support frontline and essential workers. Adweek’s editor and svp, programming, Lisa Granatstein, welcomes Reddit’s Jen Wong to share…