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Spirable refuels with $7.4M to serve more personalized video ads in the US
London based adtech startup Spirable has closed a £6M Series A. The round was led by Smedvig Capital, with existing…
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Facebook Dating launches in the U.S., adds Instagram integration
Are Americans ready to trust Facebook with their dating life? Barely more than a month has passed since the U.S.…
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8 million Android users tricked into downloading 85 adware apps from Google Play
Dozens of Android adware apps disguised as photo editing apps and games have been caught serving ads that would take…
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Facebook denies making contradictory claims on Cambridge Analytica and other ‘sketchy’ apps
Facebook has denied contradicting itself in evidence to the UK parliament and a US public prosecutor. Last month the Department…
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Facebook to admit ownership of Instagram, WhatsApp in hard-to-read small-print
For the first time in more than half a decade, Facebook wants to inform you that it owns Instagram, the…
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Sex tech companies and advocates protest unfair ad standards outside Facebook’s NY HQ
A group of sex tech startup founders, employees and supporters gathered outside of Facebook’s NY office in Manhattan to protest…
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UK Facebook users now have a tool to report scam ads
Facebook has launched a tool for UK users to report ads they suspect of being scams. The feature can be…
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Snap turns to search giant Baidu to court Chinese advertisers
Two years have passed since Snap Inc first struck a deal with Baidu that authorized China’s largest search engine to…
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Facebook makes another push to shape and define its own oversight
Facebook’s head of global spin and policy, former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, will give a speech later today…
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Indonesia restricts WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram usage following deadly riots
Indonesia is the latest nation to hit the hammer on social media after the government restricted the use of WhatsApp…
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