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• Digest: CMA Proposes Search Overhaul to Curb Google’s Dominance; FTC Intervenes in $13.5bn Omnicom-IPG Merger 

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  In today’s Digest, we cover the CMA’s proposed search overhaul to curb Google’s dominance, the FTC’s intervention in the Omnicom-IPG merger, and the eSafety commissioner’s call to include YouTube in Australia’s under-16s social media ban. We also discuss the UK’s [...]

• Digest: BBC Threatens Perplexity AI Over Content Scraping; Australia’s Tech Trial for Social Media Ban Receives Mixed Feedback

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  Today Dot discusses the BBC's legal threat against Perplexity AI over content scraping, Australia’s social media ban tech trial, and more...

• Digest: Netflix Inks Linear TV Deal with TF1; Trump to Delay TikTok Ban for a Third Time; CMA Throws Google a Lifeline 

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  In today’s Digest, we discuss Netflix inking a linear TV deal with TF1, Trump delaying the TikTok ban for a third time, TikTok Shop launching in Japan, and the CMA tossing Google’s Privacy Sandbox a lifeline. Netflix Inks Linear TV Deal [...]

• Axis Joins IAB Europe’s Transparency & Consent Framework

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  Axis is proud to announce its approval as the new vendor in IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) v2.2, reinforcing its commitment to data privacy, user choice, and industry best practices. Launched in April 2018, the TCF is a cross-industry [...]

• The Stack: Ad Agency Wars 

  2 weeks ago News

  

  This week, the advertising landscape saw billion dollar media shifts, a brewing agency feud, and government regulation in the works.

• Pixalate Finds 286 US Mobile Apps Violating COPPA, Risking Privacy of 18m Children

  1 month ago News

  

  Pixalate, the global market-leading ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform, has released the Q1 2025 State of Children’s Privacy on Mobile Apps Report, part of its COPPA Violation Risks in Mobile Apps series.  The report highlights app developers on [...]

• The Stack: A Big Week for Google 

  2 months ago News

  

  This week, Google dominated headlines with bold moves across content, advertising, and AI, while lawmakers and regulators intensified their efforts in the industry. In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Tripledot’s acquisition of AppLovin’s mobile gaming unit, Apple’s AI search shaking [...]

• Digest: Google Broadens Content and Advertising Arsenal; TikTok Faces Regulatory Heat While Eyeing US Ban Reprieve

  2 months ago News

  

  In today’s Digest, we discuss Google broadening its content and advertising arsenal, TikTok facing regulatory heat while eyeing political reprieve, and Spotify adding podcast inventory to its ad exchange. Google Broadens Content and Advertising Arsenal Google is making moves across both content [...]

• The MadTech Sketch: How to Break Up Google

  2 months ago News

  

  After the latest antitrust ruling against Google, it seems like a good time to resurface Ciarán O’Kane's MadTech Sketch on how the Google ad tech business could look if it is broken up. First published July 2022 Ever since the WSJ broke [...]

• Aceex Kicks Off 2025 with TCF Vendor Status

  2 months ago News

  

  Ad tech company AceeX announces a strong start to the year with a series of strategic moves that position the company for accelerated growth and deeper industry integration. In Q1 2025, AceeX status was approved as Vendor 1387 of IAB Europe’s [...]