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Facebook’s Role in European Elections under scrutiny

Lawrence Dodd lives in one of Britain’s most fiercely fought voting districts, and he has been peppered almost daily with ads from the country’s major political parties on Facebook. About a month ago, he tried to find out why.

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Facebook’s Role in European Elections under scrutiny

LawrenceDoddlivesinoneofBritain’smostfiercelyfoughtvotingdistricts,andhehasbeenpepperedalmostdailywithadsfromthecountry’smajorpoliticalpartiesonFacebook.Aboutam

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Google starts big advertising push around new Pixel phone

Google's new "Pixel" smartphone is off to a fast marketing start with $3.2 million in television ads in two days since it announced the upcoming launch, and ad executives expect Google to spend hundreds of millions more to keep up with rivals Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc.

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S.Korea's liquor advertisers revert to star formula

Booze advertisers are increasingly reverting to the tried and tested formula of hiring stars to pitch their products as government restrictions bite.

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Google to start asking your permission to track you for better ads

Notifications to begin in the coming weeks in Gmail or Chrome asking users if they want their ads personalised

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Google's My Activity reveals just how much it knows about you

Search company launches new opt-in ad service for non-Google sites and tools that show how it tracks your internet activity

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Women's groups, netizens voice support for London's ban on body-shaming ads

​Many people and some rights groups have responded positively to a recent decision by Sadiq Khan, London's newly-elected mayor, to ban ads stirring up "body confidence issues" on the city's public transport network starting from July.

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Google disabled 49% more ads in 2015

Google disabled 49% more ads in 2015 than the prior year, as the Internet giant developed new ways to detect a rising tide of dubious online marketing tactics.

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China mulls banning false cosmetics ads

China is considering a ban on exaggerated claims in cosmetics ads such as "skin as white as a newborn within a week".

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WeChat captures Moments with ads

On Sunday night, many WeChat users found in their WeChat Moments news feed an update from a new yet long-awaited friend—advertisement.

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WeChat loses shine amid information overload

WeChat, or Weixin, a popular instant messaging service in China, risks losing its luster as users complain about bombardment by deceptive ads and excessive information.