Tag: Targeted marketing
Juul to pay $40M in N. Carolina teen vaping suit settlement
DURHAM N.C. — Electronic cigarette giant Juul Labs Inc. will pay $40 million to North Carolina and take more action to prevent underage use...
Google delays plan to phase out Chrome ad-tracking tech
LONDON — Google says it's delaying plans to phase out Chrome browser technology that tracks users for ad purposes because it needs more time...
EU challenges TikTok over consumer rights breaches claim
BRUSSELS — The European Commission said on Friday it has given one month to the Chinese-owned video app TikTok to answer complaints from an...
Online speech shield under fire as Trump Facebook ban stays
WASHINGTON — Lurking beneath Facebook's decision on whether to continue Donald Trump's suspension from its platform is a far more complex and consequential question:...
Apple’s iPhone privacy clampdown arrives after 7-month delay
SAN RAMON, Calif. — Apple is following through on its pledge to crack down Facebook and other snoopy apps that secretly shadow people on...
Lawmakers call YouTube Kids a ‘wasteland of vapid’ content
A House subcommittee is investigating YouTube Kids, saying the Google-owned video feeds children inappropriate material in “a wasteland of vapid, consumerist content" so it...
In AP survey, ADs raise worries about women’s college sports
INDIANAPOLIS — To hear many of those in charge of Division I programs tell it, the state of play for women's sports could get...