Martin Lewis calls for publishers to act over fake news ads
Call comes after prominent news outlets ran promotions announcing his death
Oh heck – when politicians become unwanted brand ambassadors
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are just the latest politicians to cause serious embarrassment with their unsolicited support
An ad showing a woman’s body after birth is still too radical for the Oscars
An ad depicting the very real struggles that mothers face in the days after giving birth was rejected for being ‘too graphic’
The five: ads banned for greenwashing
Companies that make misleading environmental claims
Super Bowl ads and half-time show: Shakira and J-Lo team up for dazzling performance – as it happened
While the biggest American sports event of the year rages on, here you can find the most talked about ads of the night and the latest on Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s half-time show
UK publishers losing digital ad revenue due to content ‘blacklists’
Technology to stop ads running in stories about terrorism, for example, is blocking them from ‘safe’ stories too
Hypocrisy is at the heart of Facebook’s refusal to ban false political advertising
Executive Andrew Bosworth’s handwringing about the company’s stance should not blind us to the fact that doing nothing is extremely lucrative for it
YouTube ads of 100 top brands fund climate misinformation – study
Avaaz finds firms unaware commercials being played alongside misleading videos
Twitter drops Grindr from ad network over ‘GDPR breaches’
Dating app accused of flouting GDPR law by passing personal data to ad firms but report says problem is endemic
We can’t fight fake news without saving local journalism
Local news is often trusted more than national news but it is highly vulnerable to online disinformation
Brace yourself, the flood of lies in this election is about to become a torrent
Democracy is subverted when politicians abuse their own failure to pass strict campaigning laws
Selling James Bond: why No Time to Die is a product placement dream
The trailer is not only a shopfront for the film but also for some of the world’s priciest brands
Peloton loses $1.5bn in value over ‘dystopian, sexist’ exercise bike ad
Shares slide amid backlash to Christmas advert in which man buys partner exercise bike
Labour’s broadband plan could radically change young people’s life chances
Some students currently get betting ads, while their more affluent friends see ones for universities
Google and YouTube reportedly pull hundreds of Trump ads for violating policies
YouTube chief executive officer confirmed in interview there were ‘ads of Trump that were not approved to run on Google or YouTube’