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Europe clears Google-Fitbit with a ten-year ban on using health data for ads – TechCrunch

Europe has greenlit Google’s $2.1BN acquisition of fitness wearable maker Fitbit, applying a number of conditions intended to shrink competition concerns over letting it gobble a major cache of health and wellness data following months of regulatory scrutiny of the deal. While Google announced its plan to buy Fitbit over a year ago, it only notified the transaction to the Commission on June 15, 2020 — meaning it’s taken half a year to be given a caveated go-ahead by Europe. It is… Source link

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Google Will End Its Post-Election Ban On Political Ads Thursday

Topline Google will on Thursday lift the temporary ban on political advertising that went into effect after polls closed on November 3, with all states having completed the certification of the presidential election results, even as a similar ban on political ads remains in effect on Facebook’s platforms. Google will end its temporary ban on election ads on Thursday. Corbis via Getty Images Key Facts Google began informing its advertising… Source link

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Google will lift its ban on political ads Thursday

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, speaks during the company’s 2017 Cloud Next event in San Francisco. Bloomberg | Getty Images Roughly a month after the U.S. presidential election, Google is lifting its temporary pause on elections-related advertising. The company had banned those ads for a period of time in an attempt to prevent potential exploitation or misinformation via advertising since it expected delayed election results. “To protect users, we regularly pause ads for a discrete period over… Source link

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Google will end political ad ban this week

Google’s decision — which marks the return of political ads on high-profile sites like YouTube and Google search pages — comes days before the Electoral College votes will be tallied, as well as one month before the Georgia Senate runoffs, leaving campaigns and committees some time to get their digital strategies back on track. Facebook, which also instituted a ban on political ads ahead of the election, has not yet announced if or when it will lift its ban. The two social media… Source link

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Google may ban IAC’s Chrome extensions over ‘deceptive’ practices

GlobeNewswire ROSEN, NATIONAL TRIAL COUNSEL, Announces Filing of Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against Citigroup Inc.; Encourages Investors with Losses in Excess of $100K to Contact the Firm – C NEW YORK, Dec. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) between January 15, 2016 and October 12, 2020, inclusive (the “Class Period”). The… Source link

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Google may ban IAC’s Chrome extensions over ‘deceptive’ practices

TipRanks Billionaire Ray Dalio Picks Up These 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Sometimes, the experts will tell us what we already know. Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, has built a legendary reputation in financial circles, for taking his firm from a home business in his two-bedroom apartment to the international hedge fund giant, employing over 1,500 people and managing more than $138 billion in total assets. But when questioned on how he did it, or how today’s investors can… Source link

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Google Will Ban All Election-Related Ads After Polls Close On Nov 3

Topline Google will ban all ads related to the U.S. elections after polls close on November 3 to avoid causing any confusion about the results, the company announced on Tuesday along with other election-related measures. Google will ban all election-related ads after polling closes on November 3. © 2016 Bloomberg Finance LP Key Facts In a blog post announcing the measure, the company cited its “sensitive events” policy, which intends to stop… Source link

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Google To Ban Ads Promoting ‘Dangerous Content’ On Covid-19 Theories

Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL) said over the weekend that it will restrict and if necessary prohibit advertising which promotes “dangerous content” on coronavirus conspiracy theories. The policy update, which will be effective from August, will ban publishers from abusing the California-based search giant’s ad platform to promote and monetize content that relates to a “current, major health crisis and contradicts authoritative, scientific consensus”. Examples of ad content which… Source link

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Google says ban on ad for Alaska State Troopers is a misunderstanding

A YouTube video promotion for the Alaska State Troopers went viral, after it became known that the video had been banned from the YouTube ad program because it was “too political.” To be clear, Google/YouTube allow the video to be aired, but simply will not allow it to be promoted. Google, which owns YouTube, notified the Department of Public Safety late last week that it was all a misunderstanding. There had been a lot of public blowback over… Source link

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