Facebook’s 2024 Election Policy May Hinge on a Cambodian Video

Will former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen’s Facebook account be suspended? This decision could have huge ramifications for how Meta handles upcoming elections in India and the US.

Advocacy groups issue fresh calls to investigate YouTube over researchers’ child protection claims

Several consumer advocacy groups have issued fresh calls for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google based on recent research that called into question the child-protection policies of its video-sharing platform YouTube.

Fairplay, the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), and Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) are among the parties to have jointly filed a request for investigation into YouTube after Adalytics Research alleged that it served ads to minors, contravening requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

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YouTube is under fire again, this time over child protection

Adalytics Research asks, ‘Are YouTube advertisers inadvertently harvesting data from millions of children?’

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Adalytics Claps Back At Google With Evidence Of Behaviorally Targeted Ads Served To Kids Content On YouTube

On Wednesday – less than two months after going to town on the Google Video Partners program – Adalytics published what it says is direct evidence of personalized ads being

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In Apple’s Uplifting Ad, Dogs Get to Play Again After Receiving Prosthetics

For many audiences, stories about dogs are typically a guaranteed way to tug at the heartstrings. Apple’s latest ad strikes an even deeper emotional chord by following the journey of a tripod dog (a canine with only three legs). The hero of “The Invincibles,” created by agency TBWAMedia Arts Lab, is a tripod dog named…

Shipt and Issa Rae Champion Underrepresented Voices With an Ad Created by Interns 

For Howard University students Serenity Owens, Avery Harrell, Gavin Kelley and Kayla Collins, a summer internship with the marketing team at Shipt proved not only to be invaluable on-the-job training. It was also a back-to-school flex to say they created a national commercial with the help of Issa Rae. The Target-owned delivery service enlisted the…

Call for Nominations for the 2023 Adweek 50

It’s time once again to assemble the annual Adweek 50, spotlighting the behind-the-scenes luminaries in advertising, marketing, media and technology who were essential growth drivers in 2023. Adweek 50 isn’t about recognizing the CEO. Instead, it’s about honoring the leaders who keep the operation running efficiently and profitably, and who put innovation and team culture…

P&G Dropped Its Pledge Against Forest Degradation. That Could Hurt Its Brands in the Long Run

Procter & Gamble dropped a reference to forest degradation from its anti-deforestation policy in May this year, a move that green investors and environmental groups have denounced, but that the brand claims is due to streamlining terminology. The change comes after the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a complaint late last year with the…

Infillion Puts In Top Bid For MediaMath; Meta Courts Cash With Coupons

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Hammer Time Infillion is emerging as the top bidder in the bankruptcy auction for MediaMath’s assets, which include

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