YouTube’s Best-Performing Ads For 2022

YouTube’s annual list of ads that performed best on its platform includes tech companies Amazon and Apple and streamers HBO Max and Netflix reaching the top 10 for global and U.S. campaigns.

Court Rekindles Children’s Privacy Battle With YouTube, Hasbro, Others

A federal appellate panel has revived a class-action complaint by parents of young YouTube users who alleged that the company and various channel operators violated children’s privacy by tracking them
for ad purposes.

House Members Ordered To Delete TikTok

“If you have the TikTok app on your House mobile device, you will be contacted to remove it,” the House of Representatives Chief Administrative Officer said in a memo issued this week.

Facebook: How to Stop Users From Seeing the Things You Follow

By default, users may be able to see the people, Pages and lists another user follows on Facebook. However, users have the option to hide these items from others so they can’t see them. Our guide will show you how to change who can see the people, Pages and lists you follow on Facebook. Note:…

DTC Beauty Brand Youthforia Rides the Reels Wave

Starting a business in the thick of the pandemic is not the easiest road to success, but Reels and other short-form video options have helped propel direct-to-consumer beauty brand Youthforia to four times the revenue in 2022 than it took in the previous year. “Not going out and seeing people, I realized makeup was part…

Most-Watched ‘TV Watches’

Wayne Friedman’s takes on streaming, streaming and more streaming were the most-read “TV Watch” columns of 2022. Columns about “Trump” and the upfront also ranked in the top 10 of the year.