#Critics have a cow over sexist dairy ad

#Critics have a cow over sexist dairy ad

“#Critics have a cow over sexist dairy ad” Online critics slammed this milk ad campaign as “moo-sogynistic” — and now a major dairy brand is apologizing for its bizarre commercial depicting women morphing into cows. “We sincerely apologize to everyone who felt uncomfortable with the milk commercial,” reps for Seoul Dairy Cooperative, South Korea’s leading…

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#Google to pay AFP for news after charged nearly 0M fine

#Google to pay AFP for news after charged nearly $600M fine

“#Google to pay AFP for news after charged nearly $600M fine” Google has agreed to pay Agence France-Presse for news content following a nasty legal and regulatory battle that saw the tech giant fined nearly $600 million by French authorities.  The deal comes after years of complaints by news publishers around the world about Google and…

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#Facebook-parent Meta to end targeted ads

#Facebook-parent Meta to end targeted ads

“#Facebook-parent Meta to end targeted ads” Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced Tuesday that it will no longer let advertisers target users based on their interest in certain “sensitive” categories — including health, race and political affiliation. Meta said the move, which takes effect on Jan. 19, came after “feedback from civil…

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#Supply chain crisis is hurting Facebook, Google and Snapchat

#Supply chain crisis is hurting Facebook, Google and Snapchat

“#Supply chain crisis is hurting Facebook, Google and Snapchat” The escalating supply chain crisis isn’t just hurting manufacturers and retailers that sell goods off the shelf — it’s bleeding into the tech world.  Companies that sell everything from toys to clothes to cosmetics are having difficulty getting their products into the United States thanks to…

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#Facebook ripped for ‘sexist job ads’ catering to men

#Facebook ripped for ‘sexist job ads’ catering to men

“#Facebook ripped for ‘sexist job ads’ catering to men” Facebook has been accused of enabling sexist job advertising and breaking equality law. Campaign group Global Witness claims the tech giant has a biased algorithm that determines who will see a job ad and that it’s failing to crack down on discrimination. The group conducted an…

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#2020 Olympic ratings plummeted to historic lows

#2020 Olympic ratings plummeted to historic lows

“#2020 Olympic ratings plummeted to historic lows” NBC Universal saw record-low ratings throughout the 2020 Olympic Games, forcing them to give advertisers extra airtime to make up for the loss.  Since the Olympics’ opening ceremony on July 23, a fraction of the audience that tuned in for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games returned for…

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#Olympic ads are preachy, hypocritical nausea

#Olympic ads are preachy, hypocritical nausea

“#Olympic ads are preachy, hypocritical nausea” As if it weren’t bad enough that viewers have had to suffer woke protests, symbols and gestures from athletes at the Olympics, they also have to endure TV ad after TV ad stuffed with insufferable social-justice preaching. But it’s 2021, and corporations are desperate to woke-wash their brands, so…

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