NYC museums say they didn’t authorize Beyoncé ads projected onto buildings
Good luck Texas! Museums in the Big Apple said they were not alerted this week before Beyoncé projected an advertisement for her upcoming country album across the building. The Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum, New Museum, and Museum of Arts and Design all projected images from the Grammy winner’s upcoming album “Cowboy Carter” onto their buildings […]
H&R Block sues FTC over ‘deceptive’ free filings tax ads
H&R Block is seeking an order that could shake up a Federal Trade Commission complaint that its tax preparation software engages in deceptive marketing with ads that tout the service as free. filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Kansas City, Missouri, alleges that the FTC violates the […]
Never Trump Republicans to Spend $50 Million on Ads to Turn Voters
Never Trump Republicans still have about 5,000 ads to run featuring Republicans who say they cannot accept the fact that former President Donald Trump will be the Republican presidential nominee in the general election and cannot support the presumptive candidate. spending millions of dollars. Trump was the undisputed front-runner and won each state throughout the […]
NYC bachelor buys Facebook Marketplace ads to score dates
He’s really on the market. A single 33-year-old software engineer living in New York City tries to get dates through paid ads on Facebook Marketplace. “This is a personal dating ad! How embarrassing for me! But intrigued (I hope)?” One listing features a man named Michael posing in a blazer and rimless glasses. There is […]
Camden AD’s message after NJ HS basketball buzzer-beat controversy
Camden High School has no intention of giving up its spot in Saturday’s New Jersey state finals basketball game. An X account claiming to be Camden athletic director Will Hixson contacted X on Friday night with one simple message. The account included a photo of a poster for the 1989 movie “Do the Right Thing,” […]
Chinese shopping app Temu spent $2B on Facebook, Instagram ads
Temu, the Chinese fast fashion brand that has taken the U.S. e-commerce retail industry by storm in recent months, was Metaplatforms’ biggest ad spender on social media sites Facebook and Instagram, according to a report. That’s what it means. Temu’s parent company PDD Holdings spent about $2 billion on advertising with Meta last year alone. […]
Facebook and Instagram allowed ads featuring deepfake nude of Jenna Ortega at 16: report
Facebook and Instagram have allowed an image featuring a blurred deepfake nude of actress Jenna Ortega as a teenager to advertise an app that can create explicit fake images of people powered by artificial intelligence. The app, called “Perky AI,” has now been removed from Apple’s app store, but last month it ran at least […]
Exclusive—China’s TikTok Rejects Ads for Peter Schweizer’s Book ‘Blood Money’
Chinese social media company TikTok refuses to advertise Peter Schweitzer’s new book Blood Money: Why those in power turn a blind eye while China kills Americansthought the ad was too “political”. “We regret to inform you that your content has been rejected for the following reasons,” the message from China’s TikTok read. “This ad was […]
Error-riddled NY state drug ads omit ‘overdose’ from subway PSA
what were they smoking? The state’s Office of Addiction and Substance Abuse Control has flooded the subways with ads warning of the dangers of fentanyl, many of which are riddled with mistakes. Signs posted on downtown R Train subway cars warning of the dangers of fentanyl were missing the word “overdose.” Matthew Sedacca/New York Post […]
H&R Block used deceptive ads, deleted tax data: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission announced Friday that it had filed a complaint. H&R Block accused of deceptive marketing Online tax preparation software is free, but for many consumers it is not. The FTC also alleged that the company removed consumers’ tax data and required them to contact customer service when downgrading to a more affordable […]