Over the course of the past few days a number of tech platforms have updated their responses to the invasion of Ukraine. For the most part that has taken the form of effective blocks on the ability of Russian media and businesses to monetize using those platforms at all. On Thursday March 3, Google announced
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Russia’s war on Ukraine is forcing advertisers to think long and hard about where is and isn’t acceptable for their ads to run. As a result, news publishers are not seeing ad revenues grow despite upticks in traffic. It’s a familiar dilemma: its most in-demand content can see corresponding advertising fees rates drop by as
President Biden in his State of the Union address urged Congress to crack down on social media platforms for the harms they cause to young people’s mental health. He also urged lawmakers to bar tech companies and advertisers from collecting data on and serving targeted ads to children. And while both privacy advocates and advertisers
All of the large social platforms have content moderation policies. No belly fat ads, no ads that discriminate based on race, color or sexual orientation, no ads that include claims debunked by third-party fact-checkers – no ads that exploit crises or controversial political issues. No graphic content or glorification of violence, no doxxing, no threats, no
A top U.S. senator is calling on the nation’s largest tech companies to do more to combat misinformation amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. On Friday, U.S. Senator Mark Warner, D-Virginia, sent letters to Alphabet, Meta, Reddit, Telegram, TikTok, and Twitter asking the companies to take further action to prevent Russian propaganda operations on their platforms. Warner—who is chairman of the U.S.
As Russia’s conflict with Ukraine escalates, Google and major brands continue to fuel publishers’ sites that amplify Kremlin propaganda. Sputnik News and TASS, the two most prominent ad-supported sites tied to the Kremlin, displayed Google-served ads from brands including Paramount+, Progressive, Best Buy, Eddie Bauer, Bergdorf Goodman, and Allbirds, according to Insider’s search over several
If one thing became strikingly apparent in the working world during the pandemic, it is perhaps that the extant hierarchical structure of work was in urgent need of reform. By overhauling the structure of teams and broadening the scope of recruitment, can companies overcome the ‘Great Resignation’ to attract and retain talented professionals? As memories
Super Bowl LVI capped off a run of of thrilling, nail-biting NFL playoff games, with the championship only decided in the last minute of the fourth quarter. (Congratulations to the Los Angeles Rams for winning the Vince Lombardi Trophy.) But unlike the certainty that a final score confers on the last team standing on the football
The Super Bowl will feature commercial breaks that embrace the usual jokes and celebrities plus a whole lot of blockchain. Star athletes and supermodels are promoting crypto companies. Stadiums are taking the companies’ names. The government is thinking about regulating them. But perhaps the surest sign yet that the cryptocurrency industry has reached the mainstream?
U.K.-based publisher Future plc is flying south and will open a new in-person hub in Atlanta this month. The company says it will hire over 100 people based in Atlanta in editorial, sales and production roles to produce more women’s lifestyle, home and entertainment content, especially video. Future’s executives see a talented pool of video creators, influencers