Here’s what to expect from lawmakers who will grill TikTok’s CEO on privacy, security and child safety
Lawmakers plan to press TikTok CEO Shou Chew on issues related to child exploitation, teen mental health and its connection to China.
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Global advertising giant Omnicom suffers ‘suspicious’ IT incident
The company said it is in the process of bringing systems back online.
Apple says iOS anti-tracking feature is still on the way, also takes shot at Facebook
The App Tracking Transparency (ATT) technology will arrive in early 2021, an Apple executive said Thursday while charging that Facebook wants to "collect as much as possible"…
Lawmakers call for FTC investigation of data brokers enabled by online ad industry
“[T]here is no effective way to control these tools absent intervention by regulators and Congress,” the lawmakers said of data brokers.
Google bans stalkerware marketing in ad policy adjustment, but leaves big loophole
Google says it will no longer allow advertisements that promote surveillance technology used for intimate partner surveillance — but there's a significant loophole in the policy update.
Dashlane spends big on a Super Bowl ad after $110 million fundraising round
Flush with cash, Dashlane is trying to differentiate itself from competitors by running a commercial during the game.
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Twitter: We accidentally used security data to target users with ads
Twitter does not know how many people were impacted by the error.
Real-time bidding, a thriving ad targeting technique, is becoming a GDPR dilemma
U.S. advertisers spent an estimated $23.5 billion on the tactic last year, up from $6.4 billion in 2014.
Twitter says bug gave ad partner access to iOS users’ location information
The company says it intended to remove location data from within advertisers' reach, even if it didn't.
How scammers made ad fraud a billion-dollar criminal industry
Online ad fraud has become so profitable that malware creators and botnet masters are developing new programs and theft techniques in order to keep making a profit.