Google faces £2bn GDPR class action over kids’ privacy
Google is facing yet another day in the UK’s High Court over a breach of privacy and data rights with…
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YouTube cuts off targeted kids ads in global overhaul
Brand owners will no longer be able to run targeted ads on YouTube kids’ videos – and the comments section…
CMA launches probe into social media endorsements
The social media celebrity endorsement gravy train could soon hit the buffers after the Competition & Markets Authority revealed it…
Sony Pictures sent to ad hell over Insidious horror show
Sony Pictures has been sent to the advertising dungeon for showing trailers for the grizzly horror movie “Insidious: The Last…
YouTube ad overhaul ‘biggest since platform launched’
Google is attempting to ease concerns over brand safety – and head off a highly damaging advertising boycott – by…
Social media influencers? Bah, we trust pals the most
When it comes to working out what motivates UK consumers to refer brands to friends and family, you can forget…
TMW devises global blitz for mobile charity initiative
GSMA, the global body that represents mobile operators, is launching a new digital campaign by TMW Unlimited, designed to show…
Holiday sickness claims campaign goes down the pan
A YouTube campaign designed to get consumers to make a claim for holiday sickness by using a spoof news report…
Google grovels over ad fiasco but insists it is small issue
Google has finally broken its silence over the brand backlash against its advertising placement policy, apologising to the industry although…
‘Miracle knickers’ DRTV ad branded a pile of pants
A teleshopping ad promoting “miracle” pants which claimed to transform “muffin tops and overhanging bellies”, into slimmed, toned waists has…