The tech giants’ diet is bad for everyone’s health

Allowing the likes of Google and Facebook to reap the rewards of junk food ads leaves a sour taste in the mouth

UK social media influencers warned over ad rules breaches

Advertising watchdog threatens to name and shame after it discovers widespread flouting of regulation

eBay’s $9.2bn Gumtree deal raises competition concerns, says CMA

Purchase by Shpock owner Adevinta could lead to less choice for consumers, says watchdog

Perfect storm: have the influencers selling a dream lost their allure?

Social media stars, already under fire for trips to Dubai in lockdown, are now involved in a row over Instagram posts

Grindr fined £8.6m in Norway over sharing personal information

Fine from by the Norwegian Data Protection Authority is 10% of Grindr’s global annual revenue

‘Hard graft’: UK influencers scramble to justify exotic getaways in pandemic

Stung by scepticism over ‘luxury business trips’ in a pandemic, influencers in Dubai are touting their ‘hard graft’

Australia’s competition regulator flags legal cases against tech companies over ads

Rod Sims says competition law cases or consumer law cases may follow an inquiry into so-called ‘ad tech’

UK watchdog bans Klarna Covid shopping advert

Instagram campaign deemed ‘irresponsible’ for urging people to cheer themselves up via ‘buy now, pay later’ service

Scam bitcoin ads using unauthorised Australian celebrity images traced to Moscow addresses

Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds ads featuring unauthorised images of Dick Smith, Andrew Forrest and others are part of a highly organised global enterprise

Google to let YouTube users opt out of gambling and alcohol ads

Company will roll out feature in UK next year but without guarantee it will filter out 100% of adverts

Tech giants may face billions of pounds in fines from new UK watchdog

Competition regulator wants new Digital Markets Unit to have power to levy huge penalties if firms abuse code of conduct

TikTok investigating videos promoting starvation and anorexia

Guardian found potentially harmful pro-weight-loss accounts were still available in search results

‘Dirty methods’ in Brexit vote cited in push for new laws on Europe’s elections

Sites such as Facebook will have to publicly disclose identity of people and entities funding such advertising

Facebook to remove false claims about Covid vaccines

Move marks strongest move yet to prevent platform being used for anti-vaccination rhetoric

Digital Markets Unit: what powers will new UK tech regulator have?

Key questions answered about the new technology industry watchdog