Now for Sale: The Empty Space Inside Retailers’ Packages The Wall Street Journal Khadeeja Safdar In the sliver of room between a new pair of shoes and the books you ordered online, retailers have found a different way to monetize the empty space...
READ MOREWalmart is cozying up to influencers Digiday Ilyse Liffreing In its effort to boost the appeal of its website with lifestyle imagery, Walmart is adding influencer content to its website. The retail giant is working with influencer agency...
READ MORE“Insane” Instagram Stories ad for drinking game app banned by watchdog Smart Company DOMINIC POWELL An advertisement for a drinking game mobile app that appeared through Instagram’s ‘Stories’ function has been banned by the Advertising Standards...
READ MOREFacebook and Instagram change to crack down on underage children Tech Crunch Josh Constine Facebook and Instagram will more proactively lock the accounts of users its moderators encounter and suspect are below the age of 13. Its former policy was...
READ MOREFTC CHAIR SAYS COMMISSION ‘VERY INTERESTED’ IN GOOGLE EU FINE AdAge The chairman of U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that the agency is “very interested” in learning more about the European Union’s record...
READ MORE‘Mad marketing’: Coles Little Shop for children undercuts plastic bag ban, critics say The Guardian Alexandra Spring Environmental groups and health advocates have denounced Coles’s new Little Shop promotion as “commercial...
READ MOREGoogle fined a record $5 billion by the EU for Android antitrust violations The Verge Tom Warren Google has been hit with a record-breaking €4.3 billion ($5 billion) fine by EU regulators for breaking antitrust laws. The European Commission says...
READ MOREIs YouTube watching your kids? Advocates claim company collected data on millions of children WRAL Monica Laliberte Many companies pay for statistics about online users, and Consumers Union warns parents that children who use YouTube to watch...
READ MOREBaby Formula Industry Has A Long History Of Undermining Breastfeeding Moms Huffington Post Eleanor Goldberg Breastfeeding advocates were outraged this week after The New York Times reported that the U.S. took drastic measures to try to block an...
READ MOREHow Smart TVs in Millions of U.S. Homes Track More Than What’s On Tonight New York Times Sapna Maheshwari The growing concern over online data and user privacy has been focused on tech giants like Facebook and devices like smartphones. But...
READ MOREJune 21, 2018 Instagram’s New Video Feature at Risk of Violating FTC Advertising Rules Statement of Kristen Strader, Campaign Coordinator, Public Citizen’s Commercial Alert Note: This week, Instagram released a new video app, IGTV, which allows...
READ MOREIt Was Supposed to Be an Unbiased Study of Drinking. They Wanted to Call It ‘Cheers.’ The New York Times Roni Caryn Rabin The director of the nation’s top health research agency pulled the plug on a study of alcohol’s health effects without...
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