Reporter who broke story says Harris campaign did ‘nothing wrong’ by manipulating headlines in Google ads
The reporter who broke the story that Kamala Harris’ campaign was manipulating headlines and descriptions of real news articles to run Google ads supporting Harris believes the vice president’s team “has done nothing wrong.” Axios reported on Tuesday that the Harris campaign had published sponsored articles that edited headlines from multiple news outlets, including CNN, […]
Harris Campaign Runs Google Ads that Look like Media Articles
The Harris campaign has been running misleading Google ads that look like news articles published by mainstream media, an Axios analysis found on Tuesday. The strategy exploits the ambiguity of the media’s coverage of Harris’ support in actual Harris campaign advertising. Axios reports that the Harris campaign has had major publishers, including The Guardian, Reuters […]
Harris campaign is editing mainstream media headlines on Google ads to imply more support for Democrat policies
Axios Reports found The Kamala Harris presidential campaign is editing major media headlines in its Google ads to make it seem as if the publishers are on Harris’s side. The report said other campaigns have used the tactic before, but the Trump campaign has not done so to date. Axios posted examples of edited headlines […]
Polish billionaire ‘locker king’ takes on Meta over deepfake ads, predicts ‘long battle’
A prominent Polish billionaire known as “Locker King” said he was considering taking legal action against Meta for allowing the spread of “deepfake” advertisements depicting him and his wife. Earlier this month, Poland’s Personal Data Protection Agency issued an order banning Meta for three months from publishing fake ads using real details and images of […]
New Harris border security ads mark 180 from years of liberal immigration advocacy
The Harris campaign released a new ad touting Vice President Kamala Harris’ work on border enforcement as a California prosecutor — a message that is markedly different from the one she tried to highlight as she prepared to be sworn in as a U.S. senator. “Kamala Harris has fought violent crime for decades. As a […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and Google Secretly Targeted YouTube Ads at Minors
Tech giants Google and Meta reportedly collaborated on a marketing project that targeted YouTube users aged 13 to 17 with ads promoting Instagram, circumventing Google’s own rules about how it treats minors online. According to Reviewed documents Financial Times According to Google and insider sources, Google worked with Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to run an ad […]
Google, Meta reportedly hatched secret deal to target teens on YouTube with Instagram ads
A shocking report on Thursday said Google and Meta had reportedly struck a secret agreement to target underage YouTube users with ads promoting rival service Instagram, violating the online search giant’s own advertising rules. The Instagram ad campaign was targeted to YouTube users classified as “unknown” in Google’s advertising system and was designed to appeal […]
Google search shows bias to major brands, pushes ads: report
Google’s search engine bombards users with hidden ads and prioritizes big brands over quality sources, and a new report released Monday found that fewer than half of the results it spits out meet the needs of the intended search. Financial website WalletHub has found that the world’s most popular search engine, which has come under […]
Olympic Sponsor C-Spire Pulls Ads After ‘Mockery ‘of Last Supper
Olympic organizing committees’ decision to allow a drag queen to perform a parody of “The Last Supper” at the opening ceremony in Paris on Friday has cost the Olympics a U.S. sponsor. Mississippi-based phone service company C-Spire posted a statement on Facebook on Saturday announcing its intention to withdraw advertising from the XXXIII Olympiad. post […]
US tech company pulls Olympics ads after opening ceremony ‘mockery of the Last Supper’
Ceremonies for the 2024 Olympic Games opened in Paris on Friday night, giving spectators a taste of French culture and blasphemous art, but they have outraged Christians around the world and led at least one sponsor to pull out. Mississippi-based communications and technology company CSpire posted on X that it was pulling all of its […]