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Back to news homeYouTube Ads May Have Led to Online Tracking of Children, Research Says
This year, BMO, a Canadian bank, was looking for Canadian adults to apply for a credit card. So the bank’s advertising agency ran a YouTube campaign using an ad-targeting system […]
Federal Judge Limits Biden Officials’ Contacts With Social Media Sites
A federal judge in Louisiana on Tuesday restricted the Biden administration from communicating with social media platforms about broad swaths of content online, a ruling that could curtail efforts to […]
How Cringe Creators Make a Living on TikTok
During a three-part special examining the crimes of the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer that aired last November on “Dr. Phil,” Phil McGraw, the host of the daytime talk show, played […]
Google Promised to Defund Climate Lies, but the Ads Keep Coming
In October 2021, Google promised to stop placing ads alongside content that denied the existence and causes of climate change, so that purveyors of the false claims could no longer […]
Meme Group on Discord Is Focus of Uproar Over Leaked Pentagon Documents
An online community of a few thousand subscribers that followed a YouTube celebrity named wow_mao had for years occupied a small, very male-centric corner of the internet. It was hosted […]
Utah Law Could Curb Use of TikTok and Instagram by Children and Teens
Gov. Spencer J. Cox of Utah signed a sweeping social media bill on Thursday afternoon that could dramatically limit youth access to apps like TikTok and Instagram, potentially upending how […]
Elon Musk Accuses Media of Bias for Dropping ‘Dilbert’
Last fall, shortly after completing his purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk sent a message to a skittish corporate community: Trust me.“Twitter aspires to be the most respected advertising platform in […]
They Went Viral and Made Money. Now They Owe Taxes.
The needs of these creators vary — and fortunes can change quickly. “If you go viral, you might make $80,000 in one month,” Ms. Studley said. “Some clients are 19 […]
Combating Disinformation Wanes at Social Media Giants
YouTube said it was always working to strike a balance between allowing free expression and protecting online and real-world communities from harm. Nicole Bell, a spokeswoman for the company, said […]