Digital Advertising
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BJP accounts for 32% of all money spent on political ads on Google in India this year
The Hindutva party paid incurred expenses of over Rs 39 crore for placing 81,874 political advertisements on the search engine since January 1.
Scroll Staff
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Google doesn’t accept gun ads – but it does profit from them
An analysis shows the tech giant’s ad systems served more than 100 million ads from America’s firearm industry.
Craig Silverman, ProPublica & Ruth Talbot, ProPublica
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Explainer: Why clickbait ads promoting scams appear even on trustworthy websites
Online advertising companies have a big responsibility to prevent harmful ads from reaching users, but they sometimes fall short.
Eric Zeng, The Conversation
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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How targeted advertising on social media is driving people to extreme views
Those seeking to radicalise others are laying out trails of breadcrumbs to more and more extreme positions.
Jeanna Matthews, The Conversation
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Indian’s advertising council wants online influencers to clearly label promotional posts
By April 15, the guidelines will be applicable to all paid content.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
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In the US, Facebook allows advertisers to exclude users by race
Social media company denies that its 'ethnic affinity' feature encourages discrimination.
Julia Angwin and Terry Parris Jr., ProPublica
Video
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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‘It’s a really really good Friday’: Myntra, Snapdeal irk Christians with ‘insensitive’ ads
E-commerce sites apologise for using a day of mourning to promote discounts.
Scroll Staff
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The war on online advertising is intensifying, and the ads are losing
The rapid uptake of adblocking software on Apple's latest devices shows that most users would be happy to see the back of online advertising.
David Glance, The Conversation