Do you remember Facebook Watch? Me neither. Mark Zuckerberg’s short-lived streaming service never really got off the ground, but court filings unsealed in Meta’s antitrust lawsuit claim “Watch” was kneecapped starting in 2018 to protect Zuckerberg’s advertising relationship with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. Making the Facebook Papers Public “For nearly a decade, Netflix and Facebook … Read more
Ads containing abortion-related misinformation are allowed to run on Facebook and Instagram in countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, while legitimate health care providers struggle to get theirs approved, new research has found. The report, released today from the Center for Countering Digital Hate and MSI Reproductive Choices, an international reproductive health care provider, … Read more
Most alarmingly, PlanetRisk began seeing evidence of the US military’s own missions in the Locomotive data. Phones would appear at American military installations such as Fort Bragg in North Carolina and MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida—home of some of the most skilled US special operators with the Joint Special Operations Command and other … Read more
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Nvidia’s completely free, no-strings attached trial of its cloud gaming service GeForce Now is about to be very slightly less of a deal — on Wednesday February 28th, Nvidia tells The Verge, users will start seeing ads. They’re only for the free tier — not Priority or Ultimate — and even then, it sounds like … Read more
If you were watching this year’s Super Bowl in California, Delaware, Michigan, or Washington D.C., you may have noticed a series of ads about Tesla. No, the ads weren’t promoting Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company. On the contrary, the ads were specifically calling for viewers to “Boycott Tesla.” In case you missed those ads or … Read more
Our goal is to combine both approaches—to run a moderation service that tries to provide a baseline and to also have an open ecosystem where anyone who wants to innovate can come in and start building. I think this is particularly useful around cases where information is really fast moving and there’s specialized knowledge. There … Read more
The Super Bowl is the only event on television where people actually anticipate the commercials. This is when companies really roll out the highest quality ads. Some that tug on the heart strings, some that provide a good laugh and others that are just all around solid. Viewers get to be surprised when they see … Read more
Super Bowl 58 is right around the corner, and that means viewers can count on brands using the big game to capture their attention. More than 115 million people tuned in to last year’s event. Super Bowl Sunday is one of the world’s biggest stages, and advertisers continue to pour money into campaigns. In 2023, … Read more
Everybody’s talking about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce ahead of the Super Bowl, but they’re getting associated with a different kinda bowl — a toilet bowl, to be exact — before the Big Game … with Dude Wipes launching new ads inspired by the superstar couple. TMZ Sports has learned — the popular wet wipe … Read more
Tatiana Meteleva via Getty Images Your favorite programming in Prime Video will now be interrupted by ads. The streaming service is one of the benefits of an Amazon Prime membership and was ad-free until now. Users who would rather skip the commercials and stick with the ad-free service will have to pay $2.99 per month … Read more