How to escape Facebook’s creepy ad tracking

The good news is that there are ways to escape Facebook's creepy ad tracking, so you can scroll in peace. If you're wondering whether Facebook can track what you search for on Google, the answer ... Read More

Ad targeting may be banned—inside the US privacy proposal that could jeopardize the marketing tactic

A major privacy and data protection law currently proposed in the U.S. is threatening to ban targeted advertising, according to ad leaders who found it could hobble digital ad markets. Read More

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Meta will be sunsetting Facebook ... expands on years of work on how we approach and treat political content based on what people have told us they wanted.” Meta said the change to the News ... Read More

Anti-vaccine mandate bill pushed by KY Republican using disproven COVID-19 claims

During the height of the pandemic, VAERS became a breeding ground for anti-vaccine groups and conspiracy theorists spreading falsehoods about the vaccine’s dangerous side effects. The WHO ... Read More

Facebook profits from anti-abortion disinformation ads

The report found that Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram ... s team in Ghana reported that Google Ads have been very ‘restrictive’, even banning the term ‘pregnancy options’ from ... Read More

New bill would expand PFAS ban for tampons, other consumer items

Senate Bill 24-081 builds on legislation passed in 2022 banning class B firefighting foam, also known as AFFF, routinely used at both civilian and military airfields. The new law would close a ... Read More

Fact Check: Japan is not banning COVID vaccines, contrary to online claims

Japan’s health ministry has said that COVID-19 vaccinations will no longer be free of charge starting in April, but has not announced a ban on the vaccines ... shared on Facebook, link to ... Read More

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Parent company Meta blames "technical issue" for widespread problems with services. The owner of Facebook and Instagram says the group will tackle AI content in the June 2024 EU elections. Read More

How the anti-vaccine movement pits parental rights against public health

Childhood vaccine ... News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF – an independent source of health ... Read More

What would Facebook look like without any news?

Quebec University journalism professor Jean-Hugues Roy, who in 2022 had modelled the effects of a Facebook news ban, told The Guardian ... Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chair Rod ... Read More

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Mar. 26, 2024 — Simply asking patients to get the flu vaccine, and combining it with helpful video and print messages, is enough to persuade many who visit emergency departments to roll up their ... Read More

Hyundai is the latest brand to pause advertising on X due to antisemitism

Hyundai is the latest prominent company to pause advertising on X, after its owner Elon Musk publicly embraced an antisemitic theory favored by white supremacists in 2023. NBC News first reported ... Read More