One Flo ad, for instance, shows a slideshow of very thin women in yoga pants with the caption “How I kept weight off for good,” with the claim that if you take Flo, within two menstrual cycles you can ...

Meta is facing a reckoning over how much of its business depends on advertising that looks legitimate but leads users into ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. The Atlantic’s big mistake in the Scientololgy “debacle” has been variously described as: 1. Running an ad in the first ...

Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instigated proceedings against Facebook owner Meta for allowing the spread of scam ads on its platforms and -- it alleges -- not taking ...

Snap reported a wider loss and missed adjusted earnings estimates as it deal with an ad platform glitch. The operator of the Snapchat social media site said the ad problem led to some sales clearing ...

Teams that run critical ad systems dwindle to one or two staffers. Lost ad revenue adds up during what should be the most profitable time of the year. Reading time 3 minutes Among Twitter’s multiform ...

Advertisers that rely on ad tech vendors to protect them from buying ads on shoddy, offensive or deceptive news content are … in for some bad news. Researchers at Stanford University and Carnegie ...

So I just want to keep everyone up to date with the ad situation on Ars. I know I've been fielding a lot of complaints lately about survey popups and other things that we say we don't allow. We really ...

Reports of sexually explicit ads appearing on YouTube have gone up significantly, with users getting increasingly concerned about the platform’s content moderation efforts. A new incident shared on ...

Google Ads has confirmed it is experiencing a technical issue impacting a “significant subset of users.” The problem is specifically affecting spending controls and the delivery of active campaigns on ...

One hot-button franchise issue has stood out for decades. When it comes to franchise ad funds, every franchisee wants to know: “How are my advertising fees benefitting my location?” For brand ...

In its latest quarterly financial results, Google yet again saw a decline in the money it charges advertisers every time someone clicks on an ad, a.k.a cost-per-click. It's the end of Google's ...