Tag: advertising

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 04:38 UTC

  Google fined €220 million in France to settle abuse of power in online advertising

  

  BLOOMBERG – Google has agreed to pay €220 million and end anti-competitive practices, to settle a French antitrust probe over its abuse of power in online advertising. The French Competition Authority said Google has been unfairly sending business to its advertising server and its online ad auction house, to the detriment of rivals. In addition to the fine, Google promised to remedy the situation by improving the interoperability of its Google Ad Manager services for third parties.

• Friday, February 19th 2021 - 07:45 UTC

  Canada determined to follow Australia and France, and make Facebook pay for news content

  

  Canada is following Australia and vowed on Thursday to make Facebook Inc pay for news content, seeking allies in the media battle with tech giants and pledging not to back down if the social media platform shuts off the country's news.

• Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 07:39 UTC

  Unilever stops advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in US until the end of 2020

  

  Consumer giant Unilever, home to brands including Ben and Jerry's and Marmite, said on Friday it will stop advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in the US until the end of 2020 due to the “polarized election period” there.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Twitter to ban political advertising globally, beginning 22 November

  

  Twitter announced on Wednesday it would ban political advertising globally on its platform, responding to growing criticism over misinformation from politicians on social media.