Australia’s 2022 election campaign will be overwhelmingly negative if social media ads anything to go by
Contested claims about Medicare, jobkeeper and tax policy feature in political parties’ early advertising
Facebook bans ads targeting race, sexual orientation and religion
Platform says it is responding to feedback on preventing firms from abusing targeting options
Firms under fire for using UK influencers to push nicotine products
Companies accused of using social media influencers to entice young people to try nicotine products
Sunak isn’t planning for business – he’s budgeting for the next election
The chancellor is politically astute, but there is less substance in his investment plans than it appears
Is my phone listening to me? We ask the expert
Data protection advocate Mariano delli Santi on whether we should worry about targeted advertising
Alan Hawkshaw obituary
Composer who wrote the theme tunes for Channel 4 News and Grange Hill, and the music to accompany the Countdown clock
Dubai: A Riveting Mystery – Jessica Alba and Zac Efron’s new tourist ad continues a Captivating Saga
Tired of Tinseltown, the pair have turned instead to shilling for the UAE. Oddly, their YouTube advertorial micro-features are actually really good
Social media firms serve as gateway for scammers, says finance watchdog
FCA threatens action unless platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram do not toughen up against fraudsters
‘Off the scale’: film studios launch post-Covid marketing blitz
£250m-plus UK spend planned as three years’ worth of releases hit cinemas in next 18 months
‘A freebie is enough’: influencer gift posts trigger breaches in Australian ad standards
High-profile disclosure breaches from McDonald’s and Samsung, highlight grey areas in influencer marketing
Nike and Amazon among brands advertising on Covid conspiracy sites
Household names may have unwittingly helped spread fake news, investigation reveals
TechScape: Should government use the web to nudge our behaviour?
Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: The risks of using personal data to influence citizens’ behaviour … Apple backtracks … and the history of the App Store
Facebook could be forced by UK watchdog to sell gif creator Giphy
Site aims to integrate service with Instagram which ‘could see Facebook withdrawing gifs from competing platforms’
Google, Apple and Microsoft report record-breaking profits
‘Perfect positive storm’ for big tech as pandemic fuels huge quarterly sales and stock market gains
UK government’s plans for pre-9pm ban on junk food TV adverts criticised
New restrictions contain too many exemptions to affect rising levels of obesity, say campaigners