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Google To Prohibit Demographic, Zip Code Targeting For Housing, Employment, Credit Ads

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Google’s advertising polices surrounding housing, employment and credit opportunities is being updated, according to and announcement. No longer will employment, housing and credit advertisers be able to target or exculde their ads from being shown based on demographics — gender, age, parental status, marital status — or zip code. This will add to ad to …

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Google To Allow Removal Of Counterfeit Goods From Search Results

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Users are now being allowed to report counterfeit goods within the organic Google search results for removal. This is similar to the DMCA process, which lets you request removal of stolen copyrighted content from Google’s search results. Google Ads already prohibits counterfeit goods from being advertised on Google and it describes them as goods that “contain a trademark or …

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Instagram Says Sites May Need Permission to Embed Photos

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According to an Instagram statement, site owners might have to get permission from Instagram users before they embed their posts on a web page. Right now, Newsweek is getting sued for copyright infringement by a photographer who’s Instagram post was embedded on their site without permission. Because of the decisions that could be made in …

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Google May Face U.S. Antitrust Lawsuits

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The US Justice Department, as well as a number of state attorneys general might be preparing to sue Google antitrust violations. Antitrust laws exist in both a federal and state level, and aim to promote competition by discouraging large organizations from unfairly using their dominance in the market to squeeze out competitors. Reuters says that …

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Jumpshot Redux: Hitwise Is Shutting Down

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After 20 years of operation, Hitwise, a company that collects consumer data from numerous sources, is shutting down.According to the vague statement that the company gave on its website, citing “events outside of our control.” According to Hitwise, it was called an “unexpected turn of events.” There seems to be some unconfirmed speculation that Hitwise might …

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California Takes On The Internet (Again) With Bill Aimed At Food-Delivery Abuses

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Back in 2019, order online buttons were added to Google My Business (GMB) restaurant profiles and knowledge panels through partnerships with Grubhub, DoorDash, Postmates, Delivery.com, among others. These additions to GMB was apart of its evolution, which went from a static directory to a increasingly “transactional” platform. For consumers, this was meant to be convenient, …

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DuckDuckGo, Info.com Crowd Out Bing In Google’s Android Search Options

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In an announcement, Google stated which search engines are going to appear on its default search provider screen for Android users in the EU. First reported Thursday by the Verge, Bing will appear as an option in the UK only, and DuckDuckGo and Info.com will appear with Google in all 31 EU territories. The Android search choice screen is …

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How Google, The Digital Marketer, Is Adapting To Cookie Restrictions And Data Privacy

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Google does a lot of things, not just search engine stuff that it did back in the day. It’s a marketing platform, a digital marketing company, and it even sells hardware, software, services and smart-home products as well. Despite this, Google is having to deal with the same privacy data constrained challenges that every digital …

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La mort d’ads: French Regulator Fines Google $166 Million For ‘Brutal’ Ad Suspensions

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According to the Wall Street Journal, France’s antitrust regulator has imposed a 150 million euro fine ($166.2 million) for arbitrarily suspending ads. Google says that the ads in question where “deceptive.” The French antitrust authority, who is claiming “the power of life or death” over companies, has characterized the suspensions as “brutal and unjustified” and “random …

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More EU Antitrust Heat For Google (And Facebook) Over Data Collection

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It isn’t surprising that Google is facing even more antitrust scrutiny in Europe, this time on two different fronts. According to Reuters =, Google is confronting an examination of its “collection and use of data.” Rivals of Google have formally complained to the European Commission that Google’s business practices, in regards to Google’s shopping comparison …

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