Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. “No ads, no games, no gimmicks.” This was the ethos of WhatsApp ...

Amazon AMZN caused a furor recently when it announced that it was introducing advertisements right across its Prime Video streaming service. Not, to be clear, that it was introducing a new cheaper ...

A freshly published Apple patent application envisions the delivery of targeted ads based on your mood, behavior, and other seemingly intangible characteristics. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer ...

Elon Musk announced last week that his social media company X will begin charging brands based on the size of their ad. “X is moving to charging for ads based on vertical size,” Musk wrote on X. “So ...

Ads based on your browsing history are nothing new. On the contrary, it’s a widespread and controversial phenomenon, but now Google is rolling out new tools to give you more control over ad serving in ...

Reddit removed the ability to turn off ad personalization based on your Reddit activity except for several, unnamed ‘select countries.’ Reading time 3 minutes Reddit said it was “simplifying” its ad ...

Meta Platforms Inc. today said it’s rolling out a full-screen video tab on Facebook in recognition of the fact that its users spend more time watching videos than anything else on its platforms. And ...

A female truckers association is accusing Meta Platforms of algorithmic bias, alleging its Facebook platform selectively shows job advertisements based on users’ gender and age, with older workers far ...

Ads with teenage girls are mostly directed at men over 55, while white people see fewer ads with Black faces, a new study finds. Reading time 4 minutes Facebook’s promise to advertisers is that its ...

Google AdSense made a small change to the user-based ads controls within Google AdSense. Now instead of it just being applied to Google Ads and Display & Video 360 ads, it is now also for Authorized ...