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    This Is What Neutrality Means to FacebookLarge ad platforms actively help their clients, even when those clients conflict with their own values.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Sheryl Sandberg Wants Facebook’s Defense to Be About Free Speech. It’s Not.Facebook has no problem letting advertisers state untrue claims.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Facebook Will Hire 1,000 Ad Moderators As It Turns Evidence Over to CongressThe company would prefer not to be a tool in electoral disruption again.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Election Interference Is What Facebook Is Built ForThe company shouldn’t be surprised that its platform is being used as designed.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Facebook to Congress: We Sold Ads to the RussiansAnother wrinkle in the Russia investigation.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Facebook Claims to Reach More 18–34-Year-Olds Than Actually ExistThey make the metrics; they define the rules.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Google Has Started Testing a Built-in Ad-Blocker for ChromeThe built-in ad-blocker is now available to Chrome Canary users.
    By Paris Martineau
  8. everyday sexism
    Ads That Perpetuate Sexist Stereotypes May Soon Be Banned Under New U.K. RulesIt’s part of an effort to address how women are shown in advertisements.
    By Lisa Ryan
  9. the campaign trail
    Alexander McQueen’s New Ads Take You on an Escape to Rugged IcelandCall it the brand’s version of hygge.
    By Diana Tsui
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    Oh Goody, Facebook Messenger Is Getting AdsThe company initially tested the ads with users in Thailand and Australia.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  11. ads
    Watch Heineken’s Ad About Political Unity Succeed Where Pepsi’s FailedIt shows three pairs of strangers who have polar-opposite viewpoints.
    By Clint Rainey
  12. Comedy Central Bought a Billboard for ‘The President Show’ Three Miles […]Anthony Atamanuik’s new show The President Show debuts on Comedy Central this Thursday, and the network found a way to make sure that the real […]
    By Megh Wright
  13. Montana Special-Election Candidates Shoot Screens With GunsTo prove he supports gun rights, Democrat Rob Quist shot a screen with a gun. To prove Quist opposes gun rights, his rival shot a screen with a gun.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. On Ilana Becker and That IBS Pill CommercialSo I was watching the season finale of Crashing, the one where Pete Holmes goes to a big outdoor adult baptism. One of the people getting […]
    By Brian Boone
  15. Watch the Ad ‘Last Week Tonight’ Produced to Air During Bill O’Reilly’s […]Since Donald Trump became POTUS, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver has been attempting to sneak some facts into his daily news diet by running […]
    By Megh Wright
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    One Intern Clicked on 12,000 Websites to Make Sure a Bank’s Ads Were AppropriateThey might be less effective, and they’re showing up alongside racist videos.
    By Brian Feldman
  17. Paris Is Banning ‘Sexist and Discriminatory’ Outdoor AdsThe Council of Paris voted on a new outdoor-ad contract.
    By Lisa Ryan
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    As a Subscription Service, Medium Might Actually SurviveWould you pay $5 a month for start-up aphorisms?
    By Brian Feldman
  19. sauced
    Heinz Turned Don Draper’s Mad Men Pitch Into a Real AdA fictional pitch that was just ahead of its time.
    By Clint Rainey
  20. ‘Last Week Tonight’s ‘Catheter Cowboy’ Returns to Explain the GOP […]Last month, Last Week Tonight found a creative way to sneak some facts into Donald Trump’s media diet by running ads during his favorite […]
    By Megh Wright
  21. ad police
    Saint Laurent’s New Ads Run Afoul of French Advertising AuthorityA watchdog group got involved after complaints.
    By Véronique Hyland
  22. bathroom bills
    Watch Richard Linklater’s Ad Against Proposed Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill in TexasThe proposed Texas Privacy Act would require trans people to use bathrooms that do not correspond to the gender they identify with.
    By Tolly Wright
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    YouTube to Ditch Its Longest Unskippable AdsNo more waiting half a minute to get to your content.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Google Has Banned Hundreds of Web Publishers From Its Ad PlatformA policy change that was meant to disincentivize fake news.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Instagram Stories Testing Ads Because Nothing Gold Can StayIt was only a matter of time. After all, Snapchat has ads.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  26. John Hodgman Has Strong Words for the Turncoat Verizon SpokesmanPaul Marcarelli AKA the “Verizon Guy” recently turned on the company that made him famous by starring in Sprint’s newest ad campaign, and […]
    By Megh Wright
  27. Facebook to Let Users Opt Out of Seeing Triggering AdsSome users can now block ads related to parenting and alcohol.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Google and Facebook Won’t Allow Ads on Fake-News SitesThe decision will go a long way to helping solve the problem of fake news online.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Facebook Won’t Let Advertisers Exclude by Race for Certain PostsAds about housing, jobs, and credit can no longer be filtered.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Advertisers Can Exclude Facebook Users by ‘Ethnic Affinity’ (Which Means Race)Doing so could violate federal laws.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Snapchat’s New Ad System Seems Awfully FamiliarGood news for Snapchat. Possibly not so good news for publishers.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  32. Hillary Clinton Opts Out of Airing Weather Channel Ads During Hurricane MatthewThe Democratic nominee decided the extra eyeballs weren’t worth the risk of backlash.
    By Eric Levitz
  33. video feed
    Chance the Rapper’s New Kit Kat Ad Is Pretty GreatChance the Wrapper charms real Chance, who also happens to be dressed like a lion.
    By Clint Rainey
  34. People in Old Tech Ads Were Really Far Too Excited About Their Little DevicesNot sure how you can be this happy about anything, really.
    By Eva Hill and Cait Munro
  35. today in donald trump
    Trump Campaign Plans $140 Million Ad Buy It Can’t Yet AffordThey only had $50 million on hand about three weeks ago.
    By Chas Danner
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    Twitter Will Start Showing Ads Alongside VideoVideo publishers can get a generous revenue split by showing ads around their video.
    By Brian Feldman
  37. Here’s How to See What Facebook Thinks You LikeFacebook thinks I live far from my family and enjoy personal computing.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Say Good-bye to the Email InterstitialA popular inconvenience meets its match in Google.
    By Brian Feldman
  39. Donald Trump’s First Ad Begins With an Excuse for Why He Will LoseThe GOP nominee’s first general-election ad attacks Hillary … and the legitimacy of American democracy.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. Donald Trump Will Finally Pay Money to Be on TVThe GOP candidate will air the first television advertisements of his general-election campaign in four states this Friday.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. marketing fails
    Sprite Releases ‘Brutally Refreshing’ Ads That End Up Just Being MisogynisticSome of the winning lines include “She’s seen more ceilings than Michelangelo” and “A 2 at 10 is a 10 at 2!”
    By Clint Rainey
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    The Graffiti Artist Who Paints Over Fashion AdsRihanna, Kendall Jenner, and Justin Bieber have all gotten the “Flower Guy” treatment.
    By Danielle Cohen
  43. ‘South Park’ Celebrates 20 Seasons on Comedy Central with the New Ad […]South Park hits a milestone later this year when it airs its 20th season on Comedy Central, and to celebrate, the show put together this […]
    By Megh Wright
  44. Clinton Campaign Releases Sequel to Famous Anti-Goldwater AdIn 1964, lifelong Republican Bill Bogert told television viewers why he couldn’t bring himself to support the GOP nominee. In 2016, Bogert is back, to do the very same thing.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. New Clinton Ad: ‘Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Children?’Clinton’s newest attack ad features Donald Trump’s most controversial statements — and a whole lot of impressionable children.
    By Eric Levitz
  46. Love Ads? Boy, Do We Have the Phone for YouTake a discount on your phone in exchange for staring at ads all day.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  47. Darrell Hammond Isn’t Happy About Getting Replaced in KFC’s Colonel […]By now you’ve probably seen KFC’s ad campaign starring Darrell Hammond, Norm Macdonald, and most recently Jim Gaffigan playing Colonel Sanders, […]
    By Megh Wright
  48. Twitter Is Targeting Ads Based on Emoji Use, So Get Ready for Baba Ghanoush AdsEggplant. Eggplant. Eggplant.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  49. Snapchat’s New Ads Are Going to Drive Me Crazy, But I’ll Still Watch ThemWant to watch your friend’s stories? You’re going to have to watch some ads.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  50. Pro-Clinton Group Defines Donald Trump As a Bully of the DisabledPriorities USA’s new ad highlights Trump’s mockery of a disabled reporter (and reveals the Democrats’ hopes for an anti-Trump landslide).
    By Eric Levitz
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