- Google To Work With Europe On 'AI Pact'
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai committed to an "AI Pact" in a meeti ...
- AI Shock And Awe: Communications Pros See Dangers And Opportunities
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, May 16, 2023
The biggest concern is the spread of factual errors and misinformation, ...
- A Former President On A CNN Town Hall: What Was Gained Here -- Or Lost?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 15, 2023
Did CNN expect different answers from what Trump has repeatedly said? We' ...
- NewsGuard Launches Podcast Info Rating Service
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, May 9, 2023
The new service follows last year's "Joe Rogan" podcast misinformation controversy a ...
- Google Breaks Promise To Defund Climate-Change Lies, Research
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Google announced two years ago it would stop running ads alongside vide ...
- RNC Uses 100%-AI Dystopian Ad To Attack Biden
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The 100%-AI ad from the official Republican campaign body appears to sign ...
- Ahead Of CEO Testimony, TikTok Updates Community Guidelines
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, March 22, 2023
With moves to ban TikTok in the U.S., the social media platfor ...
- When Misinformation Passes The Turing Test
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, March 22, 2023
"Advertisers have another brand safety issue to worry about," NewsGuard's Gordon Crovi ...
- Harder Times Shift Advertiser Focus From Harmful Content To Performance
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, March 14, 2023
"My feeling is it's a blip and we'll see that stabilize ...
- If It Misleads, It Leads
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Monday, March 13, 2023
The only thing more partisan than American politics is points of vi ...
- Dominion Lawsuit Is Not About The 'Law' Or 'Journalism,' Lachlan Murdoch Says
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 10, 2023
"It is really about politics, right? And that is unfortunately more reflecti ...
- Google Expands 'Prebunking' In Europe
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, February 13, 2023
Google plans to launch a campaign in Germany that aims to he ...
- Misinformation Spreads From Weak Platform Policies, Not Users, USC-Led Study Suggests
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 19, 2023
The study indicates that the structure of social platforms such as Facebo ...
- Vaccine Critics Sue News Organizations Over Efforts To Combat Misinformation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other vaccine critics are suing The Associat ...
- FTC Releases New Advertising Compliance Guidance For Health Care Products
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, December 21, 2022
The FTC guidelines are intended to prevent unfair and deceptive practices, simil ...
- Ad-tech Companies Launch Global Campaign To Encourage Action On Climate Change
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Founding AdTechCares partners including InMobi, Pinterest, Media.Monks, and Smartly.io have launched ...
- Tucker Carlson Named 'Misinformer Of The Year,' Promoted A Cast Of Others In Prime Time
Marketing Politics Weekly, Joe Mandese - Monday, December 19, 2022
"Carlson leveraged his platform to amplify the reach of these 10 individua ...
- When Is A Media Buy A Greenwashing Liability? When It's A Fossil Fuel Brand Sponsoring Climate Coverage
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, December 9, 2022
"It's strings-attached sponsorship," Ben Franta, an expert on greenwashing litigation, explained duri ...
- News Rating Service Adds Nuances To 'Exclusion,' 'Inclusion' Media-Buying Lists
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, December 7, 2022
The new options being unveiled by NewsGuard this morning include gradations f ...
- Google, YouTube Grant $13.2M To International Fact-Checking Network
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Google and YouTube announced a $13.2 million grant Tuesday to the Internation ...
- Twitter Ad Controversy: Does Environment Really Matter?
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Advertisers are concerned about the environment on Twitter for their ads, b ...
- Senator Blasts Musk Over 'Dangerous And Unacceptable' Twitter Changes
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 11, 2022
"Your Twitter takeover, rapid and haphazard imposition of platform changes, removal ...
- Elon Musk Suggests Independents Vote Republican For Control Of Congress
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, November 7, 2022
If comedian Kathy Griffin didn't impersonate Elon Musk this weekend, misleading Twitt ...
- Will Twitter Troubles Send Advertisers Running To Legacy TV News Networks, TV Stations?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Could social media troubles with advertisers be a benefit for traditional, lega ...
- Where Are The Russian Media Hackers When You Truly Need Them?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 3, 2022
Have we forgotten about Russia looking to manipulate the U.S. media ...
- Facebook Hit With $25 Million Fine Over Political Ad Disclosures
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 27, 2022
Facebook this week was ordered to pay $25 million for failing ...
- How The Ad Industry Can Fix Greenwashing, Overnight
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Friday, October 21, 2022
Emissions offsets have been a good start, but if we really wa ...
- TikTok And Twitter Amplify Most Misinformation, Report Finds
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Friday, October 14, 2022
An advocacy group began releasing a report Thursday that measures how mu ...
- Who Approves This Message? Political Ad Fact-Checking For The Average Voter Isn't Easy
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 14, 2022
A growing number of fact-checking news sites help voters evaluate and understa ...
- Facebook Defeats John Stossel's Defamation Lawsuit Over Fact-Checks
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Siding with Meta Platforms, a federal judge has dismissed journalist John Stossel ...