Ad fraud has become a very big issue for both users and the advertising agencies. Different forms of it might reach a cost of $120 billion, until 2023, in the U.S. only. This means up 21%, from 2021.
High growth of different forms of ad fraud
The ad fraud varies a…
A new Meta privacy policy comes soon for the company’s platforms. Users would receive notifications of these updates, designed to make it easier to understand how the company uses their information. Many regulators and campaigners criticised Meta over its use of…
Digital ads bring Google and Meta under investigation
March 11, 2022
Digital ads brought Google and Meta under the magnifying glass of both the European Commission and the UK’s Market Authority. They investigate if a deal between the two giants distorted competition in the digital ad business.
Antitrust investigation for digital…
Facebook facial recognition brings a new trial, in Texas
February 15, 2022
The technology that allows Facebook facial recognition violated state privacy protection. This is what Texas attorney general’s office said and sued Meta’s Facebook.
According
to the office, the giant’s technology violated state privacy
protections.
The European Publishers target Google's advertising tech
February 14, 2022
The European Publishers Council (EPC) target Google’s advertising tech, in an antitrust complaint. They complain about search engine’s advertising business. According to the media companies, Google controls press publishers with its adtech.
The advertising…
Would you use YouTube shopping? Learn what it will be
February 11, 2022
YouTube shopping should be available this year, according to Neal Mohan, chief product officer (CPO). He also revealed a few of the platform’s other plans for this year.
What would YouTube Shopping be?
Although we might think that
YouTube is going to sell…
Personal data: Firefox includes The Global Privacy Control
October 30, 2021
Firefox is the latest and most important browser to incorporate the Global Privacy Control. The GPC – mandatory for EU countries and California businesses – restricts companies from storing or sharing personal data.
Global Privacy Control on Firefox Nightly…
Faster browsing is possible, with privacy protection
August 6, 2021
Can you get faster browsing and online privacy at the same time? It used to be that you could trust the search engines to deliver up relevant results, and the websites themselves were generally benign. But with all the personal data mining going on, you can’t really…
Learn how to block Facebook ads! Stop them forever
May 25, 2021
You may want to block Facebook ads for so many reasons. Either because they are not relevant, annoying or promote places you are not interested in. But you wonder how you can do this effectively. Facebook has become the biggest network for connecting people. But it is also a…
Do you know what does privacy on Facebook mean? Most of us don’t. It’s common knowledge that anything we post on Facebook can be seen by friends, family members, and even our boss.
What
if we change the privacy settings on a post to “private”? Would
it be…