online advertising
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Facebook Is Awash in Oil Money
Facebook makes close to 98% of its billions and billions of dollars off of targeted ads. The company hasn’t shied away when it comes to taking ad dollars from disreputable sources — including the oil industry.
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The End of Cookies Is Coming Later than We Thought
Google announced on Thursday that it will delay its plans to kill off third-party cookies in its Chrome browser until late 2023.
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YouTube Bans Political Ads From Its Top Ad Spot
YouTube updated its ads policies on Monday to ban any ads featuring gambling, alcohol, prescription drugs, and political content from prominently playing at the top of its homepage.
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AdBlock Is Borking Google Docs
For the past day or so, countless Google Docs and Google Drive users have reported a slew of formatting hiccups that rendered writing tools unusable. Cursors would freeze, highlighting wouldn’t work, and any text typed looked like utter shit. And now we have a culprit. On Wednesday, Google Drive product manager Remy Burger confirmed that…