Meta launches new attempt to appease EU regulators in personalised advertising
Facebook and Instagram users in the EU will be given an option for ‘less personalised ads’ in the coming weeks.
Digital advertising
The EU and US should stand together on the Google adtech cases
The EU and US have a chance now to order structural measures that would make our digital lives freer and fairer. This chance must not be under-estimated – or missed, writes Claire Lavin.
Breaking up with Google: Why the EU should back the US
While Washington debates a break-up of the tech giant, Brussels should seize the opportunity to end the company’s monopoly over digital advertising — it may never get a better one.
Harris and Trump brace for final sprint in ‘snap election’
The race is not only tight nationally, but in a broader range of states than before.
As the media’s resources dwindle, it’ll only get harder to tell fact from fake
Fewer checks and balances across most mainstream media groups mean an increasing threat of reputational damage.
Google hit with €2.1B lawsuit from more than 30 European media companies
The companies claim that they “incurred losses due to a less competitive market” because of Google’s advertising practices.
Dual-use R&D options, France’s influencer law EU alignment
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EU Commission seeks third way between ‘pay or consent’ in voluntary pledges
The EU’s consumer protection department presented draft pledging principles for the digital advertising industry as part of its initiative to phase out cookie banners that include the provision of a third, less intrusive alternative to the pay-or…