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Adware apps still common on Google Play Store
By Anthony Spadafora published
50 Play Store apps found that drain a device's battery life and annoy users with full-screen ads.
Google killed over two billion bad ads in 2018
By Anthony Spadafora published
Google shares how many bad ads it killed last year as it tries to improve the online advertising market.
Google fined €50m by French data regulator
By Anthony Spadafora published
CNIL has levied a record fine against Google over how it collected user data without consent to personalise ads.
YouTube plans to make its Originals free to watch with ads from next year
By Stephen Lambrechts published
YouTube is going to make its Premium content available in ad-supported form in the new year.
Android apps used in multimillion dollar ad fraud scheme
By Anthony Spadafora published
A recent investigation has uncovered a multimillion dollar ad fraud scheme which utilised real user data to train bots to use apps to trick Google and advertisers.
Twitch Prime won’t support ad-free viewing for much longer
By Henry St Leger published
Amazon drops ad-free streaming for Twitch Prime subscribers, though it may hit new users first.
How Facebook responded in the wake of Russia-linked election ads
By Michael Hicks published
Updated As investigations into the 2016 US presidential election heat up, Facebook is taking steps to make sure interference doesn't happen again.
Google may integrate ad-blocking directly into Chrome
By Stephen Lambrechts published
A WSJ report claims that Google is planning to build an ad-blocker right into its Chrome browser.
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