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Google’s $250 Million ‘Gift’ to California News – Is It Really a Gift or Just a Clever Tax Dodge?
Google’s $250 million deal to fund California journalism is making headlines, but is it truly a lifeline for publishers or just a strategic move to avoid regulation? Dive into the implications for the future of news and AI-driven search.
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What Apple’s Distraction Control Means for Publishers
Apple’s new Distraction Control feature could reshape digital advertising, affecting how publishers engage users and generate revenue. In this exclusive Q&A, Vegard Johnsen from eyeo explains what this means for the future of online content and advertising.
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Dotdash Meredith’s Cookieless Conquest and the Publisher Pulse: Notes from AdMonsters Publisher Forum Boston
Here’s how Dotdash Meredith’s D/Cipher revolutionizes ad tech with cookieless targeting. Plus, gain key insights from AdMonsters Publisher Forum Boston on future-proofing revenue strategies in a shifting digital frontier.
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The Perils of Hashed IDs: FTC Reasserts They Are Not Anonymous
In a recent blog post, the FTC reiterated a critical privacy principle: hashed IDs are not anonymous. Despite some companies’ claims, hashing—a process that transforms data like email addresses or phone numbers into seemingly random strings—does not render data anonymous.
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Does APRA Do More Harm Than Good For Personalized Advertising?
The race to a federal U.S. data privacy law has been a slow trudge to victory, and the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) is no different. APRA could drastically change digital advertising. By requiring explicit consent for using sensitive data, APRA could potentially hinder small businesses and publishers, threatening their ability to effectively target and personalize ads.
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Industry Leaders Respond to Google’s Cookie Deprecation Pause and New Opt-Out Mechanism
This week, Google threw the ad tech industry for a loop by announcing a significant shift in its privacy strategy. Contrary to its long-standing plan to eliminate third-party cookies from its Chrome browser, Google has revealed it will offer users the option to opt out of third-party cookies through a new choice mechanism.
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Decoding the Legal Shifts: Legal Expert Jason Gordon on Chevron Deference and Its Advertising Fallout
Last week, we published an article detailing how the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Chevron deference will affect the advertising industry. We spoke with Jason Gordon, partner at Reed Smith in its Entertainment and Media group, to get a more in depth understanding of how SCOTUS’ decision will impact advertising.
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HUMAN’s Satori Team Uncovers Konfety Fraud Operation With New Malvertising Tactics
HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence Team began noticing that apps that don’t offer advertising were generating an abundance of IVT traffic. Concerned, they began studying the traffic source and, in the process, discovered a massive mobile malvertising scheme that used highly sophisticated tactics.
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SCOTUS Overturned the Chevron Deference Precedent…What Does It Mean for Advertising?
No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, it’s hard not to watch the Supreme Court since it established its conservative majority. Now, the dominoes just keep on falling. With the 1984 Chevron Deference precedent overturning, power has shifted away from the executive branch to the judiciary, potentially transforming federal government operations. Consequently, the court’s conservative majority has made many regulations vulnerable to legal challenges.
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Misinformation is a Drag and a Threat to Digital Media
As much as we hate to admit, misinformation is a plague online. Any social media blogger or user can post a screenshot or salacious news without a fact check, and audiences will run with it. Now, with AI deep fakes becoming even more convincing, this problem is bound to get worse.
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