#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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#Sacha Baron Cohen sues Solar Therapeutics over ‘Borat’ billboard

#Sacha Baron Cohen sues Solar Therapeutics over ‘Borat’ billboard

“#Sacha Baron Cohen sues Solar Therapeutics over ‘Borat’ billboard” Sacha Baron Cohen is suing a Massachusetts company for using his popular “Borat” character and “It’s nice” catchphrase to sell marijuana, a product he doesn’t use. The British comedian claims cannabis seller Solar Therapeutics failed to seek his permission before slapping an image of Borat —…

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