digitalmedia
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Texas Reaches Settlement With Google Over ‘Blatantly False’ Pixel Ads
Google reached a settlement with Texas Attorney General Paxton on Friday for allegedly falsely advertising its Google Pixel 4 smartphone. The advertisements aired on iHeartMedia using radio DJs to promote the devices by broadcasting detailed testimonials, although Google reportedly never provided a phone for them to test. Paxton filed the lawsuit against the company in January…
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Meta Doubles Down on Threats to Block News on Facebook and Instagram in Canada
Facebook and Instagram could soon be news-free for our neighbours to the north. Meta has once again said it would rather scrap news links on its platforms in Canada than comply with pending legislation.
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Whoops! YouTube Shares Profits With Climate Liars Two Years After It Promised to Stop
People like to tell lies about climate change on YouTube. That’s bad enough, but worse is the fact that Google makes money by running ads for major brands against those videos, sometimes sharing profits with creators. In 2021, Google took a stand and promised to stop doing that. But two years later, according to a…
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Twitter Demands Advertisers Pay for a Blue Check or Spend $1,400 a Month
One day after Elon Musk followed through on his months-long threat to remove blue checks from Twitter accounts that were verified before his tenure, Twitter sent advertisers an email telling them they can’t advertise on the platform unless they subscribe to Twitter Blue. Accounts that already spend $US1,000 (about $1,400) or more a month will…