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Milo JasperDecember 28, 2022
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Some telehealth companies are running social media ads promoting drugs for unapproved uses, showing benefits and paid testimonials but not risks or side effects (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Some telehealth companies are running social media ads promoting drugs for unapproved uses, showing benefits and paid…
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Milo JasperDecember 23, 2022
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An interview with Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko on scaling the network, plans for a Mozilla-like split revenue model, shunning ads, talking to investors, and more (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: An interview with Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko on scaling the network, plans for a Mozilla-like split…
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Milo JasperDecember 22, 2022
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Google's Display Network, which places ads on 2M+ websites, lets site owners stay anonymous while putting ads beside pirated content, porn, and disinformation (ProPublica)

ProPublica: Google’s Display Network, which places ads on 2M+ websites, lets site owners stay anonymous while putting ads beside pirated…
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Milo JasperDecember 19, 2022
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Crypto.com's 2022 World Cup sponsorship, a symbol of how aggressively crypto companies spent on ads to gain users, was largely overshadowed by FTX's collapse (Carly Wanna/Bloomberg)

Carly Wanna / Bloomberg: Crypto.com’s 2022 World Cup sponsorship, a symbol of how aggressively crypto companies spent on ads to…
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Milo JasperDecember 18, 2022
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Douyin has become China's fourth biggest e-commerce company by GMV, as short videos prove ideal as bait for long ads by giving higher purchase conversion rates (Bryce Elder/Financial Times)

Bryce Elder / Financial Times: Douyin has become China’s fourth biggest e-commerce company by GMV, as short videos prove ideal…
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Milo JasperDecember 14, 2022
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netflixgurwin thestreamable | Sources: Twitter is considering forcing all users to opt in to personalized ads and location data sharing, but may let Blue users opt out of personalized ads (Platformer)

Twitter is considering forcing all users to opt in to personalized ads and location data sharing, but may let…
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Milo JasperDecember 13, 2022
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Elon Musk says Twitter Blue subscribers will see half the number of ads, and that it plans to offer a higher tier with no ads in 2023 (Urvi Dugar/Reuters)

Urvi Dugar / Reuters: Elon Musk says Twitter Blue subscribers will see half the number of ads, and that it…
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Milo JasperDecember 10, 2022
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Vietnam says it will bar ads on content that it deems to be anti-government or otherwise "toxic", which may affect individual YouTube and Facebook user accounts (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)

Lien Hoang / Nikkei Asia: Vietnam says it will bar ads on content that it deems to be anti-government or…
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Milo JasperDecember 9, 2022
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In an email to advertisers, Twitter says it will launch controls to prevent ads from showing up next to tweets containing certain keywords as soon as next week (Sheila Dang/Reuters)

Sheila Dang / Reuters: In an email to advertisers, Twitter says it will launch controls to prevent ads from showing…
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