Money

Crypto adverts face crackdown by UK authorities

Britain's financial industry regulator will soon set the rules for advertising crypto assets, the government announced on Monday.

18 January 2022

Money

Spanish regulator moves to rein in crypto asset advertising

The Spanish government said the financial regulator will need to be notified 10 days before a promotional campaign starts.

17 January 2022

Climate

‘Move and pollute less’, car makers must tell prospective buyers

Environmental warnings, like those for junk food, will be included in the adverts in a bid to hit France's climate targets.

7 January 2022

Money

Arsenal fan token ads broke rules by 'trivialising' crypto risk

The ban is the first time adverts for football club "fan tokens" have been found to have broken the rules by the UK's advertising regulator.

22 December 2021

Tech News

Will the metaverse open the door to targeted ads using biometric data?

Brands are already staking out the commercial opportunities within the metaverse but some experts are raising the alarm about the implications immersive advertising will have for user privacy, safety and consent.

3 December 2021

Europe News

Brussels bids to make online political adverts more transparent

Big tech companies would have to reveal what data was used and refrain from using sensitive data to target people with political ads.

25 November 2021

Tech News

Euroviews. A marketeer's dilemma: Creating demand in a world that needs less

The co-founder of UK brand consultancy, Firehaus reflects on his role in the climate crisis and what the industry can do next.

10 November 2021

Earth News

Activists block Shell’s port to protest against ‘greenwashing' adverts

A new report finds a discrepancy between six fossil fuel companies’ adverts for sustainability and their actual investment in renewable sources.

4 October 2021

The Cube

German election: Who has spent the most on Facebook advertising?

In the last month, the major political parties have spent a collective €1.5 million to reach voters on Facebook.

25 September 2021

Earth News

These hijacked billboards take aim at 'Europe's dirtiest bank'

Brandalism’s subversive adverts try to show us how Barclays finances the fossil fuel industry.

22 September 2021

The Cube

Instagram influencers must label paid adverts, says German court

Social media influencers who receive money from companies to promote products must clearly label such posts as adverts, Germany's federal court has ruled.

9 September 2021

Tech News

Facebook shuts down academics researching fake news adverts

A project tracking fake news in Facebook adverts has been put on hold after the social network deleted researchers' accounts.

9 August 2021

Earth News

GB News criticised for platforming 'dangerous climate change deniers'

The brand new UK news channel has only been going for two weeks, yet has managed to rack up the complaints.

26 June 2021

Work

#Womennotobjects: How empathy is needed to reimagine brand campaigns

Madonna Badger, the creative force behind #Womennotobjects campaign, discusses her aims and the legacy she wants to leave behind.

23 June 2021

World News

EU launches antitrust probe into Google's digital ad tech practices

It will focus on whether the company is stifling competition by restricting access to third parties to user data for advertising purposes on websites and apps, while using that data itself.

22 June 2021

France

Google fined €220m in France over online advertising market

Google said it had agreed on changes to improve its online ad market after being fined by France's competition watchdog.

7 June 2021

Earth News

Amsterdam to become first city in the world to ban this type of advert

The Dutch capital city is on a mission to become more sustainable and sets a good example for the rest of Europe in doing so.

20 May 2021

Climate

‘Tired, tacky, dangerous’: British Gas ads criticised for greenwashing

The UK's biggest energy supplier is accused of having a "worryingly simplistic" understanding of green issues.

10 March 2021

Poland

News blackout amid Polish protest over 'blow to free media' tax

Independent media in Poland suspended their news coverage for 24 hours on Wednesday over a planned new advertising tax, which they say will undermine press freedoms.

10 February 2021

USA

Google sued by 10 US states for 'anti-competitive' online ad sales

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the suit, arguing that "this Goliath of a company is using its power to manipulate the market, destroy competition, and harm you, the consumer."

17 December 2020