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Ad Tech & Programmatic

‘It has been chaotic’: 4 months into Washington State’s digital ad tax, marketers are still adjusting

One Seattle-based agency told Marketing Brew that client budgets have dropped 10%.


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Ad Tech & Programmatic

Washington’s digital ads tax goes into effect on Oct. 1. What could go wrong?

Legal and privacy experts say there are questions about how the law will be implemented and how it may intersect with existing data-privacy legislation.


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Ad Tech & Programmatic

Legislators ask DoubleVerify, IAS for answers after new report finds ads next to explicit content

A report from the research firm Adalytics alleges that advertisers “may be inadvertently funding a website that is known to host child sexual abuse materials.”


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Ad Tech & Programmatic

Google, DOJ tussle one more time over ad tech

In closing arguments, the DOJ claimed that Google is “once, twice, three times a monopolist.”


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Ad Tech & Programmatic

DOJ, NCIS ask ad executives about brand-safety companies

Officials from the federal agencies have inquired about reports focused on Google, DoubleVerify, and IAS, Marketing Brew has learned.


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Ad Tech & Programmatic

Google search ads ran on sanctioned and pornographic websites, report finds

The company’s ad placements are in hot water—again.


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Ad Tech & Programmatic

The IAB Tech Lab is seeking comment on a new data deletion framework

Some privacy laws already require companies to delete the data they’ve collected on users.

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