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Monthly Archives: March 2018
Facebook faces the dilemma of losing trust and even users in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica data leak. Jefferson Graham reports. SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is taking steps to restore users’ trust in how it handles their data in...
By Tom Shields, Chief Strategy Officer, AppNexus Why is transparency important in the programmatic supply chain? I get this question a lot. Recently, I delivered a keynote on radical transparency at the Programmatic Summit in Sydney. The session went well—until...
Integral Ad Science (IAS) has unveiled a first-to-market technology solution that helps programmatic advertisers target mobile in-app ads that are brand safe, free of fraud and have a viewability goal. The tool is already integrated into the trading process on...
When Marc Pritchard uses choice language to call out the advertising industry, it listens. As chief brand officer of Procter & Gamble, Pritchard manages a significant share of the global advertising budget—which is expected to hit $600 billion by 2021—and...
Google launched its Chrome native ad blocker on Feb. 15 to a mix of fanfare and concern. The blocker is based on standards set by the Coalition for Better Ads (CBA), of which Google is a founding member, aimed...
This morning, Facebook responded to the ongoing Cambridge Analytica scandal by announcing a series of changes to its privacy settings—essentially making it easier for users to find them, control what they share, and download and delete their data. The company—which...
The issue of transparency has taken center stage in the ad tech world, and for good reason. For too long, the industry has seriously lacked it. Advertisers have led the charge by cutting spending to entities that refuse to shine...
LOS ANGELES – Twitter on Monday announced a ban on ads for initial offerings of cryptocurrency or sales of virtual currency tokens, sending the value of bitcoin diving below $8,000. Twitter followed the lead of Google and Facebook, which earlier...
The Lumascape is about to get its close-up, but it’s far from ready. Facebook’s crisis over Russian propaganda ads and misuse of people’s data has made increasingly clear the role of data and tech in people’s lives. That’s about to...
Add to the list of people frustrated with Facebook Inc. FB (-2.61%) and Google a quiet but hugely influential group—the people who pay the bills. In the past year and a half, the two firms have had one run-in after...
