Google using anti-competitive tactics in UK ad market, claims watchdog

CMA says tech company has ‘abused its dominant position’ to the detriment of publishers and advertisers

Advertiser exodus from X gathers pace with 26% ‘planning to cut spending’

Annual survey highlights growing concern about platform content and trust in information disseminated

Tony Strong obituary

Other lives: Scenic artist whose work enhanced theatre, TV and film productions

US gambling sector’s ‘relentless’ social media posts breached own rules, study claims

Exclusive: University of Bristol academics say gambling industry code ‘not being followed’ after analysis of social media posts by leading firms

Just Eat advert that depicted McDonald’s broke junk food code

Advertising Standards Authority bans Facebook ad over lack of care to ensure it was not aimed at under-16s

Advertisers axe corporate responsibility scheme after lawsuit from Musk’s X

Decision from WFA follows X suit accusing advertisers of conspiring to withhold ‘billions of dollars in revenue’

‘Advergames’: how games platform Roblox became a corporate marketing playground

Advertising to children is strictly regulated – but household brands are flooding the gaming platform Roblox with interactive marketing. Is this a danger to young users?

UK political parties on track to spend £1m on election day online ads

Digital campaigning gets round media blackout rule restricting broadcasters’ coverage while polls are open

Revealed: Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence

Exclusive: Ads containing AI-manipulated images were submitted to Facebook by civil and corporate accountability groups

What would Steve Jobs think of Apple’s culture-crushing advert?

Its latest iPad ad, portraying the destruction of artistic tools, is confirmation that company is just another unfeeling, arrogant tech giant

CEO of world’s biggest ad firm targeted by deepfake scam

Exclusive: fraudsters impersonated WPP’s CEO using a fake WhatsApp account, a voice clone and YouTube footage used in a virtual meet

Apple apologises for iPad ad criticised as ‘destruction of the human experience’

Advert featuring huge hydraulic press crushing cultural objects struck wrong note with many

BBC presenter’s likeness used in advert after firm tricked by AI-generated voice

Exclusive: Liz Bonnin’s face used on insect repellant ads after faked message ostensibly granted permission

US politics is awash with crude and misleading attack ads. Now it’s the UK’s turn

Rules governing political campaigning on terrestrial television don’t apply to streaming or online – and parties are starting to play dirty, says journalist and author Jonn Elledge