Millions of Pornhub users targeted in malvertising attack
Security firm uncovers hacking group KovCoreG’s attempts to trick browsers of world’s largest adult site into installing fake updates
Social media stars breaching rules on promoting brands, watchdog says
Rise in complaints as ‘influencers’ on sites such as Instagram and Twitter fail to declare that they are being paid to publicise products
Gay couple continue to appear in McCain’s family campaign
Spokesman for McCain confirms that dads remain in new shorter version of advert and homophobic abuse on social media did not change the campaign
Google price comparison site to compete with rivals for top search slot
Tech giant to operate comparison service as separate business and compete in auctions for ad space to comply with EU anti-trust ruling
Ads don’t work so websites are using your electricity to pay the bills
Pirate Bay and Showtime turned to forcing unknowing visitors to mine cryptocurrency, using computers rather than eyeballs on ads to generate money
Russia’s election ad campaign shows Facebook’s biggest problem is Facebook
Facebook’s systems didn’t fail when they let Russians target American voters with divisive political messages. They worked
Apple cuts cookies – but there is more to come in the online advertising arms race
Apple’s latest software update has enraged companies who have been using cookies to track users across the web
Apple blocking ads that follow users around web is ‘sabotage’, says industry
New iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra will stop ads following Safari users, prompting open letter claiming Apple is destroying internet’s economic model
Facebook allowed advertisers to target ‘Jew haters’
Embarrassing discovery that Facebook let advertisers target users interested in antisemitic topics comes as the social network’s ad practices are under scrutiny
Facebook claims it can reach more young people than exist in UK, US and other countries
Social media company’s advertising data doesn’t tally with census data for millennial and other demographics to the tune of millions of people
Yellow Pages to stop printing from January 2019
Print publication, once vital household telephone directory, ends after 51 years as owner Yell fully digitises its business
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop faces new false advertising claims
Nonprofit group Truth in Advertising claims Goop is exploiting women by marketing products ‘as having the ability to treat diseases and disorders’
Facebook ‘dark ads’ can swing political opinions, research shows
Ads targeted using profiles generated from individual voters’ stated interests are more successful in shifting attitudes according to Online Privacy Foundation
Your Facebook Messenger app is about to be filled with ads
After forcing users to switch to separate Messenger app to continue chatting, Facebook will now push adverts on them in expanded trial
Google and Facebook ‘will lose millions in ads over extremism fears’
Advertisers will pull or pause campaigns amid backlash over ads appearing next to inappropriate content, says Group M