Targeted advertising
Google To Stop Scanning Gmail For Ad Targeting
Google said Friday it would stop scanning the contents of Gmail users' inboxes for ad targeting, moving to end a...
Facebook Accused of Targeting Vulnerable Teens With Predatory Ads
The Australian has obtained confidential internal documents from Facebook that supposedly show how it’s possible for...
Facebook Denies Targeting Insecure Users
Facebook has denied it is targeting insecure young people in order to push advertising, amid a row over a leaked...
US Lawmakers Roll Back Privacy Rules For Internet Carriers
US lawmakers voted Tuesday to roll back rules that would block internet service providers from selling user data to...
Google Boycott Could See the End of Automated Ad Placement
The feud sparked by Google's failure to remove extremist content from its site Youtube could lead to the end of...
Google Ad Boycott Could Aim Ire At Ad-Serving Software
Google's money-making foundation is strong enough to endure a current boycott by advertisers, but the movement could...
World Wide Web Creator Tim Berners-Lee Targets Fake News
The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has unveiled a plan to tackle data abuse and fake news. In an...
AMA To Remove Illegal Billboards By April
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), has said it will remove billboards mounted illegally in the metropolis. Speaking...
Google Placed Its Own Ads First, Study Claims
Adverts for Google products occupied 91% of the top ad slots on the firm’s search results pages, in a study done for...
Facebook Sued Over ‘discriminatory’ House and Job Adverts
Facebook is facing legal action over alleged bias in its housing and employment ads. The claim, brought by a group of...