Meet Generation M: the young, affluent Muslims changing the world

Burkinis, misery memoirs and people on camels: the caricatures of Islam don’t leave much room for modernity. The author of a new book argues that this image is absurd – and that a new demographic is about to flex its economic muscles

YouTube video makers protest as ads are stripped from ‘inappropriate’ content

Leading YouTubers accuse platform of censorship for disabling ads on content not considered to be ‘advertiser-friendly’

How publishers are turning up the heat in the ad-blocking war

From hiding every third word to making content inaccessible, publishers are trying harder than ever to encourage readers to stop using ad blockers

How ‘eye-tracking’ could change our experience of cities – for better or worse

Researchers in Melbourne have used new eye-tracking technology to demonstrate that our brains prefer lush greenery in urban environments. But here they warn that collection of such data could prove a double-edged sword

Mobile phone networks should not block adverts, says EU

Regulatory body Berec issues guidelines that could benefit publishers struggling with commercial effects of ad-blocking

ISPs that restrict porn or block ads could be breaking EU guidelines

Sky, BT, TalkTalk and O2, which block access to adult content, could be affected – even if customers opt in

Airline passengers have had too much of a good thing over delay payouts

EU rules enable passengers delayed for more than three hours to get compensation far in excess of the fare. This needs to change

WhatsApp privacy backlash: Facebook angers users by harvesting their data

Facebook is being accused of backtracking on its pledge not to use the data of the 1 billion users of the WhatsApp messaging app it acquired two years ago

WhatsApp to give users’ phone numbers to Facebook for targeted ads

Billion-plus messaging service will begin sharing private information with 1.7 billion-user Facebook and is preparing to allow businesses to message users

How Facebook powers money machines for obscure political ‘news’ sites

From Macedonia to the San Francisco Bay, clickbait political sites are cashing in on Trumpmania – and they’re getting a big boost from Facebook

Facebook and other platforms ‘will rob UK news industry of £450m by 2026’

Newspapers and other publishers have yet to feel full impact of young people’s shift to using social media for news, report says

Six qualities of a thoroughly modern marketer

With brand identity becoming increasingly complex, chief marketing officers are more important than ever. What habits should they try to develop?

Facial recognition – a powerful ad tool or privacy nightmare?

It may sound like science fiction but tech that identifies VIP shoppers could soon be used for customer loyalty schemes

Pinterest launches video ads in US and UK

Visual sharing site follows Facebook and Twitter in targeting the growing online video market

The future of Pokémon Go: more human interaction or advertisers’ top target?

The game has built its success on a largely single-player experience – but to really leave a mark on players, developers should focus on the interpersonal angle