Facebook Tells Developers To Quit It With The “Surveillance” Already Consumerist Kate Cox Your phone knows where you are, because it’s there with you. And when you use social media to post photos and talk with friends about an event you’re at...
READ MOREThe future of online advertising is big data and algorithms The Conversation The challenge facing advertisers and advertising professionals is remaining relevant in the face of a fundamental technological change. Namely, algorithms and big data...
READ MOREMontreal lawyer aims to sue McDonald’s for advertising to children Montreal Gazette Jason Magder Joey Zukran is the lawyer heading a petition for a class-action lawsuit against the multinational restaurant chain, filed in the name of...
READ MORE14-year old pushing lawmakers for stricter pot advertising laws KATU News Chris Liedle A Portland-area middle school student started an online petition pushing local and state lawmakers to create stricter guidelines on marijuana-related...
READ MOREVictory: Pokemon GO won’t send kids to sponsors’ locations Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood David Monahan CCFC members demanded that children be protected from sneaky marketing when playing Pokemon GO, and got results! Pokemon GO...
READ MOREINFLUENCER-IN-CHIEF? TRUMP AND EXXONMOBIL Truth in Advertising On most days the White House’s Statements and Releases page is a snoozefest. Since Inauguration Day, it’s comprised mainly of “readouts” of the president and vice president’s calls...
READ MOREEthics Office Says Conway Should Have Been Disciplined For Plugging Trump Products The Huffington Post Mary Papenfuss The Office of Government Ethics has slammed the White House for failing to take disciplinary action against presidential counsel...
READ MORECongress is Trying to Roll Back Internet Privacy Protections As You Read This Media Post Wendy Davis Privacy advocates and consumer groups this week officially urged the Federal Communications Commission to retain tough new regulations that could...
READ MOREParents resent use of toys to sell fast food The Peninsula Sanaullah Ataullah With the Ministry of Public Health set to curb unhealthy food marketing practices to promote healthy eating, parents have raised concern over free toys and other...
READ MOREWhen Algorithms Don’t Account for Civil Rights The Atlantic GILLIAN B. WHITE As people live more of their lives online, the necessity of figuring out how to extend offline protections to virtual practices becomes even more important. One way in...
READ MORETwitter Hears Advertisers: ‘We Want to Buy Like We Do on TV’ Advertising Age Garett Sloane Twitter is now offering some advertisers guarantees on video ads, a step of maturation for the company that makes its ad product similar to a...
READ MOREA Linguist Who Cracks the Code in Names to Predict Ethnicity The New York Times Perry Garfinkel What do you do at Ethnic Technologies? I lead a team that develops our software that predicts individuals’ ethnic origins based on their full names...
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