- Google Mandates Employees Get COVID-19 Vaccine, Delays Return To Office
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 28, 2021
In a move that seems counterintuitive to its free culture, Google will require all its on-campus workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The company said it will delay its employee ...
- Texas Probe Of Twitter Over Trump Ban Violates First Amendment, Civil Rights Groups Argue
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 26, 2021
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's probe of Twitter's editorial decisions "inflicted injury from the moment it was announced," a coalition of civil rights groups is telling a federal appellate c ...
- FCB Inferno Helps Prosthetic Maker Boost Its Profile
MAD, Amy Corr - Monday, July 26, 2021
The agency has developed a line of stylish covers that align with the company's "stand out, stand proud" brand mantra. ...
- Vaccine Critics Seek To Revive Free Speech Claims Against Facebook
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 23, 2021
Children's Health Defense, an organization founded by vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is aiming to revive a lawsuit claiming its free speech rights were violated when its posts we ...
- Appeals Court Confirms Vimeo Victory In Suit By 'Former Homosexual'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 22, 2021
An appeals court has reaffirmed its earlier ruling that "former homosexual" James Domen can't proceed with claims that Vimeo violated anti-discrimination laws by removing his videos touting gay conversion thera ...
- Search: WHO's Next Step To Rid The Web Of Misinformation
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 23, 2021
"We pour out too much content," says Christopher Strebel, manager of DCX, World Health Organization during a virtual conversation with Yext founder Howard Lerman. "About 1,000 pieces of content a ...
- Bill Seeks To Strip Websites Of Protections For False COVID-19 Information Posted By Users
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 22, 2021
President Joe Biden recently accused Facebook of "killing people" by allowing false information about the COVID-19 vaccines to spread on the platform. ...
- Google Ads: 3 Strikes And You're Out
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Google has begun piloting a three-strike penalty protocol aimed at accounts that repeatedly violate ad policies. No doubt it's a takeoff from California's three-strike law, now defunct. ...
- Ad Campaign Tells People To Give It "One More Push" To Stop COVID-19
MAD, Steve McClellan - Tuesday, July 20, 2021
The effort, from TBWA\Hunt Lascaris has just launched in 16 countries across Africa and the Middle East. ...
- Ad-Tech Startup Launches Carbon Tag, Utilizes Tree-P-M Model
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, July 21, 2021
In what may well be an industry first, an ad-tech startup has launched a "green" tag to offset the carbon footprint of digital campaigns. It utilizes a "tree-P-M" model th ...
- accessiBe Campaign Draws Attention To Lack Of Internet Accessibility For Disabled People
MAD, Amy Corr - Tuesday, July 13, 2021
The company teamed up with Borax Creative Filmmaking for campaign describing its mission while using notable people in the disabled community. ...
- Pinterest Bans Weight-Loss Ads
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, July 1, 2021
Pinterest says the expanded policy is in response to the pandemic having exacerbated eating disorders. ...
- Judge Throws Out Vaccine Critics' 'Censorship' Lawsuit Against Facebook
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 1, 2021
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr's Children's Health Defense against Facebook over its policies regarding vaccine-related posts. ...
- Domino's Website Violated Americans With Disabilities Act, Judge Finds
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 30, 2021
The pizza chain Domino's violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and a California civil rights law by failing to make its website accessible to visually impaired people who u ...
- Used Car For Sale: Full Disclosure, It's A Toyota
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Thursday, July 1, 2021
I've never been the biggest Toyota brand ambassador, but following revelations that Toyota is the No. 1 donor to 2020 election objectors, well, I just don't feel comfortable driving th ...
- 10 Lessons From Judging Cannes 2021 Creative Strategy Category
MediaDailyNews, Brian Monahan - Tuesday, June 29, 2021
I recently was a juror for the Cannes 2021 Creative Strategy category. We looked for insight-driven, strategic approaches that unlocked results-driving creative. Here are some observations. ...
- Facebook Must Face Sex-Trafficking Claims, Texas Supreme Court Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 25, 2021
Siding against Facebook, the Texas Supreme Court said Friday that the company must face a claim that it facilitated sex trafficking. ...
- How IBM Watson Advertising Plans To Use AI To Reduce Bias
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 28, 2021
Developers often are unaware of the bias their models have, and may not have the knowledge to identify what is appropriate. ...
- Why COVID Was The Real 'Disruption' Winner Of The Lions Festival
RTBlog, Joe Mandese - Monday, June 28, 2021
After spending last week covering the Cannes Lions awards, I can tell you one of the festival's biggest winners went unannounced: the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
- IBM Watson Embarks On Project To Reduce Bias In Advertising
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, June 25, 2021
The research will rely on IBM's open-source AI technology and use campaign performance data from the Ad Council, IBM's initial partner. ...
- Burger King, Bodyform, Dove Rank As Most 'Creative Brands' Of Lions Festival
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, June 25, 2021
Perennial creative all star Burger King took top honors as the most creative brand at this year's Cannes Lions festival, besting No. 2 Bodyform, No. 3 Dove, and many oth ...
- Guess Which Institution Is The Only One Consumers Feel Is Both Ethical And Competent?
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Friday, June 25, 2021
This week's Lions festival demonstrates brands are taking on -- and in many cases solving -- problems that governments, NGOs and other institutions cannot. ...
- Florida Defends Social Media Law, Says Tech Companies Can Be Forced To Host Politicians
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 22, 2021
State officials argue that the new social media law law advances the goals of the First Amendment by attempting to prevent tech companies from suppressing speech. ...
- Lions Winners Demonstrate How Brands Went From Using Sports To Marketing Them
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, June 23, 2021
As today's Lions for sports illustrate, the past 18 months have reversed the roles between brands and sports. ...
- MSNBC News Staffers Have Joined A Union, WGA East
TV Watch, Fern Siegel - Tuesday, June 22, 2021
MSNBC president Rashida Jones has called for a union election to be conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. ...
- Designing A More Sustainable Planet, Not Just Brands
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, June 21, 2021
"It's no longer enough to talk about just a 30-second spot about sustainability," Design Lions President Pum Lefebure says. "You have to do something deeper than that." ...
- Google Searching For New Skin Tone Measures To Reduce Bias
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, June 18, 2021
Google is developing an alternative to the industry standard for classifying skin tones. Technology researchers and dermatologists say today's process does not access whether products are biased against people ...
- Why P&G Is Leaning On Brands To Lead The Next Wave Of Disruption
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Friday, June 18, 2021
"The events of 2020 and 2021 have elevated the role of brands," P&G's Marc Pritchard asserts. ...
- New Campaign Addresses Rise of Domestic Abuse During COVID-19
MAD, Amy Corr - Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Canadian-based advocacy group White Ribbon hopes to raise awareness of the disturbing trend via campaign developed with Bensimon Byrne. ...
- RepresentUs Enlists Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom For PSA
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, June 17, 2021
The effort includes social media posts from celebrities and influencers including Lizzo, Kerry Washington and Laura Dern. ...
