The Minnesota Democrat often links her signature issue – antitrust reform – to other concepts like data privacy, media industry fairness and even the first amendment.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar believes antitrust reform is what it will take to preserve what she calls American capitalism. The senator has signaled support for a breakup of Facebook and Instagram, a dismantling of Google’s dominant ad infrastructure and regulatory inspection of data-hungry moves like Google’s FitBit acquisition. “Technologies are controlled by a handful of companies that have amassed unprecedented power,” said Klobuchar during her Jan. 29 State of the Net Conference keynote. Tech giants have control of “gateways over our personal data, power over what ads we see and what news we watch and monopoly power in key digital markets.” Read more below. The Minnesota Democrat often links her signature issue – antitrust reform – to other concepts like data privacy, media industry fairness and even the first amendment. For Digiday+ members, a new push for flexibility isn’t likely to go away despite hope for a return to some sense of normalcy as the vaccine rollout ramps up. Some publishers now see as much as 20% of their Facebook referral traffic coming from Facebook News. Harper's Bazaar digital director Nikki Ogunnaike is growing and monetizing its audience while strategizing around digital trends. The move to remote working has made it more difficult to promote company culture and remind staffers what the organization stands for. Other things to know about Next week: From the changing social media landscape to data and privacy, we’ll explore the issues media buyers are facing and the subsequent solutions for a successful 2021 at the Digiday Media Buying Summit LIVE. With the rise of content commerce, affiliate strategies are being supplemented by new, dynamic approaches that expand brands’, advertisers’ and publishers’ toolkits. Sponsored by Tipser. In this new report based on research into 50 brands and retailers, learn which tactics and technologies are proving most effective when it comes to mitigating e-commerce fraud. Sponsored by sticky.io and Kount. | |
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