Unethical ploy by Kentucky Fried Chicken September 9, 2018 It’s one thing to advertise to children. It’s another thing entirely to pay parents to turn their offspring into an advertisement. But that’s what Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is doing...
READ MOREI’m an ex-Facebook exec: don’t believe what they tell you about ads The Guardian Antonio Garcia-Martinez For two years I was charged with turning Facebook data into money, by any legal means. If you browse the internet or buy items in...
READ MOREFacebook research targeted insecure youth, leaked documents show Independent Rachael Pells Facebook has come under fire after leaked documents revealed the social media site has been targeting potentially vulnerable children. The allegations...
READ MOREWhen the Darkness Lurking Beneath Comes Into the Light Huffington Post Sean C. Lucan Targeted Subway Ads Push Unhealthy Foods on the Vulnerable Trying to eat healthy? Many of us are. Unfortunately, our attempts are often challenged by pervasive...
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 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...
READ MOREAdvertising on Streaming TV Devices Is About to Get More Targeted The Wall Street Journal Mike Shields As more people stream their favorite shows, the ad tech company BrightLine is trying to help ads on smart TVs work more like digital...
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