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Meta to restrict data in Business Tools, impacting ad targeting

Data restrictions aim to enhance privacy, but may complicate ad targeting and potentially pause ads with highly targeted UTMs. Anu Adegbola on September 11, 2024   Meta is implementing new data restrictions in its Business Tools, which could affect how businesses target ads and measure performance. Why we care. This move reflects Meta’s ongoing commitment to … Continue reading Meta to restrict data in Business Tools, impacting ad targeting

Words Behind The Strategies At Google, Meta To Protect Kids

Words Behind Strategies At Google, Meta To Protect Kids by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 8, 2024 An ad-targeting option at Google came under fire Thursday when it was reported that Google assisted Meta to target Instagram ads to teenagers on YouTube, about one week after the Senate passed legislation designed to hold companies … Continue reading Words Behind The Strategies At Google, Meta To Protect Kids

Meta agrees to $1.4 billion settlement with Texas over privacy violations

July 30, 2024 Meta agrees to $1.4 billion settlement with Texas over privacy violations Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton brought the suit against Meta in February 2022 for unlawfully capturing Texas users’ biometric data without obtaining their informed consent as required by law. BY Jessica Bursztynsky Meta agreed to a record $ 1.4 billion settlement with … Continue reading Meta agrees to $1.4 billion settlement with Texas over privacy violations

Meta Event Coverage Stats Compare Browser And Server Data

Meta Event Coverage Stats Compare Browser And Server Data by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, July 15, 2024 Advertisers using Meta’s conversions API can access insights into event data transactions that provide a clear picture of how data is captured and sent to the company’s platforms. The tool has the potential of improving ad targeting … Continue reading Meta Event Coverage Stats Compare Browser And Server Data

Meta rolls back restrictions on Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts

Meta rolls back restrictions on Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts The social media giant says it decided to lift the guardrails so both presidential candidates could speak equally on its platforms. danny gallagher Updated Sat, Jul 13, 2024        The Washington Post via Getty Images Meta, the parent company of social media platforms such … Continue reading Meta rolls back restrictions on Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts

Google, Meta, Microsoft Modality Features Show Different Future For Advertising

Google, Meta, Microsoft Modality Features Show Different Future For Advertising by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, July 2, 2024 Google plans to introduce a set of new machine learning (ML) features under the Google AI brand. One for the latest Pixel phone is expected next month and  would offer a feature similar to Microsoft’s Recall. … Continue reading Google, Meta, Microsoft Modality Features Show Different Future For Advertising

EU could soon charge Meta over ‘pay or consent’ model

EU could soon charge Meta over ‘pay or consent’ model Sophie Atkinson Tech Journalist   The European Union is set to charge Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, with breaking its landmark Digital Markets Act. The Financial Times on Monday (July 1) citeds people with direct knowledge of the matter with preliminary findings … Continue reading EU could soon charge Meta over ‘pay or consent’ model