Tag: Ads

• Tuesday, June 15th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  YouTube will ban election, alcohol, gambling and prescription drugs ads

  

  Alphabet's YouTube will no longer allow political or election ads in its coveted masthead spot at the top of the site's homepage nor ads for alcohol, gambling and prescription drugs, it said on Monday.

• Thursday, February 11th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Google's dominance of digital advertising exposed in Australia

  

  Google's dominance of digital advertising technology in Australia needs to be addressed, the country's competition watchdog said, opening up another front in its battle with the US giant.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Facebook bans ads claiming US widespread voting fraud and invalid election results

  

  Facebook Inc on Wednesday banned ads on its flagship website and Instagram photo and video sharing service that claim widespread voting fraud, suggest U.S. election results would be invalid, or which attack any method of voting.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Alphabet Google removes search ads for paid voting information and registration

  

  Alphabet Inc's Google said on Monday that it had removed search ads that charged users searching for voting information large fees for voter registration or harvested their personal data.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Some of the largest corporations that joined the boycott of Facebook: “stop hate for profit”

  

  Some companies have joined a boycott of Facebook after critics accused the social network of inadequately policing hateful and misleading content on its platform. Here's a list of companies that are planning to halt spending on social media.

• Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Google bans political advisors' microtargeting, but decision could help incumbents and punish rookies

  

  Google's tightening of its political ad policy could help reduce the spread of misinformation on election campaigns, but at a cost for lesser-known candidates. The move by Google placing restrictions on how advertisers can target specific groups of voters also adds to the pressure on Facebook to modify its hands-off policy on political ads.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2018 - 08:51 UTC

  UK bans online adverts targeting junk food for children

  

  Cadbury, Chewits and Squashies sweets have become the first companies to have online adverts banned under new rules targeting junk food ads for children. The Advertising Standards Authority said the companies did not do enough to prevent under-16s seeing the content.