During a hearing with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube public policy execs, senators said they want more transparency into how social media algorithms are built and work.
| A Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the impact of social media led to criticism of public policy executives from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The conversation veered into the negative effects caused by those companies’ data-fueled, ad-supported business models. “... this is an area that requires urgent attention," said Sen. Chris Coons, the Delaware Democrat who suggested social media algorithms promote false information. Read more below. During a hearing with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube public policy execs, senators said they want more transparency into how social media algorithms are built and work. To understand the trials and tribulations of iAd, here’s a closer look at the pitch deck the company used in 2015 to loosen advertisers' pursestrings. By the end of Q2 2021, none of Flipboard's curated newsletters will support banner ads, as the content aggregation platform shifts its email business to native sponsorships to make more money. Pinterest has 380 million international monthly users, compared to 98 million in the U.S. The company signaled that U.S. growth will be “flat.” Other things to know about From the rush of contextual targeting to impressions versus attention, we’ll go deep on all things programmatic marketing at the Digiday Programmatic Marketing Summit LIVE. Malvertising is becoming more complex, including “fingerprinting,” which extracts data from users by luring them to innocuous-looking sites that mimic blogs and platform-specific social media ads. Sponsored by Confiant. COVID-19 has changed everyday behaviors, including how people consume media. Download this white paper to learn how the pandemic has impacted the international media landscape. Sponsored by YouGov. | | |
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