As consumers scroll through their short-form video platform of choice, they’ve likely encountered cheaply made advertisements promoting deals too good to be true, such as heavily discounted ...

Reports of sexually explicit ads appearing on YouTube have gone up significantly, with users getting increasingly concerned about the platform’s content moderation efforts. A new incident shared on ...

As if the threat from domination by Google and Facebook and the rise of ad blockers isn’t enough, now we’re being told that bad ads are going to kill digital advertising. A startup called Ad Lightning ...

Remember when Lexus had artificial intelligence write an entire car commercial for them, and it was exactly as boring as everyone thought it would be? This wasn't during the recent (ridiculous) AI ...

Matthew was the Apps and Games Editor at Android Police until 2025. YouTube must improve ad moderation due to increasing user discomfort with explicit and fake ads. A child was exposed to a sexually ...

Every year, there’s one article more people ask me about than any other. Which is weird, because it has next to nothing to do with hockey. That would be this one, of course — the annual “bad ads” ...

There’s a story I keep reading in the trades, and I want to analyze it because I don’t think it’s fully accurate. It’s the story about how consumers hate AI-generated ads. I don’t think consumers hate ...

Verification is moving beyond its traditional role as a protective shield. In today’s digital ad market, advertisers need to do more than avoid bad placements. They want clear evidence that ...

One of the most attractive market segments for many associations is the most likely to tune out online advertising. According to research released last month by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB ...

Google identified 1.7 billion ads last year that violated its policies by deceiving users, containing malware or forcibly redirecting users to app stores. That amount is double the number it flagged ...