Culture news

BeReal: How real is the social media darling, really?

The French photo-sharing app BeReal offers users respite from social media fakeness, but is it actually authentic?

7 November 2022

Tech News

Musk's Twitter 'bird will fly by EU rules,' Brussels warns on takeover

EU commissioner Thierry Breton issued the warning after Musk sealed the $44 billion deal and fired Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and two other executives.

28 October 2022

Tech News

Elon Musk says he doesn't seek a 'free-for-all hellscape' for Twitter

Elon Musk is telling Twitter advertisers he is buying the platform to "help humanity" and doesn’t want it to become a "free-for-all hellscape".

27 October 2022

Earth News

Australian energy company fined €35,000 for greenwashing

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has warned companies making dubious sustainability claims to watch out.

27 October 2022

Culture news

'Elvis' director Baz Luhrmann wants to unlock people’s creativity

The Australian filmmaker teams up with Bombay Sapphire to helm a creative call-to-arms, which is inviting people to discover the creative inspiration that exists all around them.

18 October 2022

Food and Drink

Is the new M&Ms colour really about "inclusivity" or empty solidarity?

Stop what you're doing - M&Ms have a new colour! And it's supposed to represent "acceptance and inclusivity". What a time to be alive.

30 September 2022

The Cube

Italy elections: Who has spent the most money on Facebook ads?

Parties and politicians have been campaigning for online votes from Italy's 38 million Facebook users.

23 September 2022

Earth News

The 'brandalists' are back and they're taking aim at airline adverts

Anti-advertising campaign Brandalism has put up satirical artwork in 15 different European cities.

22 September 2022

Earth News

Social media at the forefront of ‘climate deception’, report reveals

The report, commissioned by Greenpeace, found that only a handful of posts from airlines, car and fossil fuel companies explicitly mentioned climate change.

21 September 2022

The Cube

Swiss police investigate fake online ad campaign about energy wasting

The unofficial posters urged citizens to report their neighbours if they overheat their homes this coming winter.

15 September 2022

Climate

Dutch city cracks down on ads aimed at meat eaters

Bye bye burger ads? Adverts promoting some types of meat are set to be banned from public spaces in Haarlem such as bus stops and shelters.

8 September 2022

Culture news

In poor taste? The most shocking banned adverts in Europe

The public have had their say - these companies went too far!

19 August 2022

Tech News

Facebook parent Meta posts first-ever revenue drop

The social media giant's growth machine has come to a halt.

28 July 2022

The Cube

UK bans dating ads offering to meet 'lonely' Ukrainian women

Multiple dating ads promoting to meet 'lonely' Ukrainian women have been banned by a UK watchdog due to their offensive nature.

14 July 2022

Work

How to spot and nurture female talent, by Publicis’s Bousquet

Publicis's Agathe Bousquet discusses why more female representation in the creative industries is needed and the role men play in making it happen.

4 July 2022

Work

What it takes to improve diversity and inclusion and why it matters

The new normal is perpetual change and this is one of the reasons why more young people with diverse backgrounds and skill sets are needed.

4 July 2022

Tech News

How companies can put sustainability before profit and why it matters

Conscious consumers want companies to stand up for what they believe in and take action on sustainability. Here’s why brands need to listen.

28 June 2022

Earth News

Euroviews. View: Winning a Cannes award felt like a failure. So I returned it

Last night, Gustav Martner interrupted the world famous Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity to call out advertising agencies for working with the fossil fuel industry.

21 June 2022

Money

UK tightens rules on 'misleading and irresponsible' crypto ads

Adverts for crypto assets and exchanges will have to display warnings about financial risk and highlight that the industry is unregulated in Britain.

22 March 2022

Earth News

Oatly ads banned over misleading environmental claims

But one claim that food’s annual emissions could be cut by 49 per cent if the world went vegan was backed up by evidence.

27 January 2022