Tag: Ads
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I know your pains – Tinubu tells Nigerians
As Nigerians observe the festive season amid the harsh economic climate, President Bola Tinubu has said he is aware of the pains of the people.
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Google to change some ad practices after French watchdog imposes fine
Alphabet’s Google has agreed to make changes to some of its widely-used online advertising services under a settlement with France’s antitrust watchdog that was released on Monday. The authority also fined the Mountain View, California-based company 267.48 million dollars after a probe found it has abused its market power in the intricate ad business online,…
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Google bans 2.3 billion misleading ads
Google has announced banning 2.3 billion misleading ads that violated its advertising policies in 2018 and introduced 31 new policies. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the internet giant announced the ban on Thursday, aiming to make the Web a better place by protecting users from misleading and inappropriate ads. In its 2018 “Bad Ads Report”, the Internet…
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Google announces top YouTube ads of 2018
YouTube on Friday announced the top advertisements (Ads) of the year globally for 2018, with Nigeria’s top ads representing 17 million views, an official has said. The Google Country Manager, Mrs Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, said that the top 10 ads on the Nigerian Leaderboard represented over 17 million views. According to her, the top ads of…
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Facebook tightens paid ads rules ahead of EU elections
Facebook on Monday said it will beef up its rules and safeguards around political adverts to prevent foreign interference in elections, including those in Europe this year. The world’s largest social network has been under pressure from regulators and the public after 2018’s revelation that British consultancy Cambridge Analytica had improperly acquired data on millions…
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Facebook says to curb foreign Ads related to abortion referendum in Ireland
The Facebook social network said on Tuesday that it would not accept foreign ads related to the referendum of abortions that would be held in Ireland on May 25. The eighth amendment to the Irish constitution recognises the equal right to life of the mother and the unborn. It prohibits abortion unless the life of…
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Google pulls out 3.2b bad ads from sites
Google pulled out 3.2 billion bad ads from sites in 2017, an official, Ms Jessica Stansfield, said in Lagos on Wednesday. Stansfield, the Head of Global Product Policy, Monetised Products, Google Trust and Safety Europe, the Middle East and Africa, gave the figure during a video conference. She said that Google pulled out the bad…
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Google pulls out 1.7 billion bad ads from sites
Google pulled out 1.7 billion bad ads from sites with machine learning technology in 2016, an official, Ms Jenn Kaiser, has said. Kaiser, the Head of Ads PR, Europe, Middle East and Africa for Google and YouTube, gave the figure on Monday in Johannesburg, South Africa. She spoke on “Good Advertising, Our Products and Policies’’…