Topic
Advertising
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News Rules & courts
US regulator asks whether platforms should have to stop scam ads that impersonate businesses and agencies
The FTC is weighing new duties for social media, search engines and online marketplaces whose ad tools may help impersonation scams. It is an early notice, not a rule.
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News Rules & courts
Google must open its ad exchange to rival tools for six years under a monitor, unsealed opinion shows
The judge found a breakup 'neither realistic nor needed'. Google must connect AdX to the open-source Prebid and to rival ad servers, and let publishers export their data.
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News Work & careers
The Trade Desk is cutting about 15% of its workforce, its SEC filing says
The advertising-technology company had 3,843 full-time employees at the end of 2025. It expects $39 million to $51 million in severance costs.
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News Rules & courts
US judge rejects breaking up Google's ad tech business, ordering conduct rules instead
The court refused to make Google sell its AdX ad exchange, which the Justice Department and states had sought after winning the case on liability. Most proposed behavioural remedies were accepted.