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Facebook to add more human review to ad system

Facebook responded to rising criticism that automated processes have allowed people to buy discriminatory ads.

21 Sep 2017 4:02 AM GMT

Google disables offensive ad keywords found by BuzzFeed

Google disabled the keyword searches used in the campaign after BuzzFeed's inquiry, except an exact match for blacks...

16 Sep 2017 3:53 AM GMT

Facebook is allowing advertisers access to this hidden personal information for custom audience.

Facebook to say who pays for UK political adverts

Britain's parliament has called for tech firms such as Facebook to be made liable for disseminating misleading political...

17 Oct 2018 3:43 AM GMT

Google has New York real estate deals in the works that would give it room for nearly 20,000 workers. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Google reveals new policy for election ads ahead of EU vote

Google also said it would publish an EU transparency report, along with a searchable ad library.

22 Nov 2018 5:10 AM GMT

Google demonstrated how its AI technology is already being used to diagnose diseases, help people with disabilities, predict areas likely to flood and protect endangered species. (Photo: AP)

Facebook, Google tools reveal political ad removal data

The databases also provided campaigns unprecedented insight into opponents' online marketing.

7 Nov 2018 11:40 AM GMT

Facebook accounts and telephone records can be used to pinpoint the best individuals to vaccinate to stop a disease outbreak. (Photo: Pixabay)

Cryptocurrency ads to be banned by Facebook

The new policy will be implemented across its platforms, including Facebook, Audience Network and Instagram.

31 Jan 2018 2:50 AM GMT

Facebook Chief Mark Zuckerberg

Changes in Facebook may affect Facebook businesses, users

The social media site wants people to see more stuff from friends, family and other people they are likely to know and...

13 Jan 2018 4:42 AM GMT

It was unclear about why Facebook was suggesting these keywords, even though the search did not result in any of the said videos, given that Facebook does not allow any type of pornography on its platform.

Facebook is making Ads and Pages more transparent

Increased transparency and accountability for electoral and issue ads.

7 April 2018 4:01 AM GMT

Cambridge Analytica improperly harvested data from around 87 million Facebook users.

Facebook begins testing augmented reality ads on News Feeds

The ads will let users virtually interact with different product.

11 July 2018 4:10 AM GMT

At Google, inclusion and diversity are of paramount importance.

Google adds machine learning into ad-buying tools

Advertisers have welcomed the advanced software, which could encourage them to spend more on Google.

11 July 2018 2:08 AM GMT

There is no clarity on how many people were impacted by this error.

Twitter apologizes for using users' 2FA details to serve ads

Twitter said that the 2FA data may have been inadvertently used for advertising purposes.

10 Oct 2019 2:38 AM GMT

The algorithms have been released on Github and Facebook hopes that developers and other companies will make use of it to identify harmful content.

Privacy group says tech giants not delivering on political ads pledges

Many users around the world lack meaningful insight into how ads are targeted on social media services.

3 Oct 2019 1:56 AM GMT