Sep 8, 2015 | Mobile, Online advertising, Regulation
For the first time, Apple will allow adverts to be blocked by the iPhone and iPad versions of Safari, in a move is likely please users, but will concern both advertisers and publishers alike. Ad blockers have been available on desktop browsers for years, but analysts...
Sep 8, 2015 | Online video, Regulation
YouTubers on a popular YouTube channel recieved hidden payments to promote the Xbox One gaming console on their video blogs, it has been revealed. Video bloggers were paid up to $30,000 (£20,000) to endorse the Xbox One as part of a “deceptive” ad campaign...
Sep 8, 2015 | Mobile, Regulation
Car maker Fiat Chrysler has recalled 8,000 vehicles after fears that hackers could take over the controls from the driver. The recall is of the new Jeep Renegade SUV, and specifically those ordered with 6.5in touchscreens in the dashboard. The 2015 Jeep Renegade comes...
Sep 7, 2015 | Regulation, UK
Most Brits have opted-out of using their ISPs internet filter due to uncertainty around its effectiveness and concern about their internet access being restricted, while 49% have encountered a seemingly legitimate site being blocked, according to new research....
Sep 4, 2015 | Online advertising, Regulation
Malicious adverts have been found on the UK version of the online dating website Match.com, leaving users vulnerable to computer viruses. Match briefly suspended adverts on the UK site while it investigated. the issue that put online daters at risk of theft of...
Sep 2, 2015 | Regulation
Wikipedia has blocked 381 user accounts for ‘black hat’ editing in what it believes was a coordinated spam campaign carried out by a single group. The scam Wikipedia editors who have allegedly blackmailing small businesses and celebrities for money to update their...
Sep 2, 2015 | Regulation
Hundreds of thousands of people signed up for infidelity website Ashley Madison in the last week, even after hackers leaked data about millions of its clients, according to the company. The news comes after the founder and CEO Noel Biderman had stepped down as chief...
Aug 26, 2015 | Marketing through gaming, Regulation
Two popular free-to play kids games, Moshi Monsters and Bin Weevils, have been forced to alter their in-game messaging after the ASA ruled the wording was “direct exhortations to buy a membership package”. Moshi Monsters was critised for a game level that, while open...
Aug 26, 2015 | Regulation, Social media, Twitter marketing
Twitter has shut off access to 31 accounts that chronicled and archived the deleted tweets of politicians, diplomats and embassies around the world. The move follows the social network’s earlier blocking of Politwoops US, which archived deleted tweets by American...
Aug 24, 2015 | Content marketing, Regulation
Spotify has come under fire for a new privacy policy that collects user’s contacts, photos and media files from their phone and even tracks their movements. The music streaming platform said it wants access to sensor data stored on the user’s smartphone as...
Aug 24, 2015 | Regulation
The founder of the Mumsnet website has become a victim of a so -called ‘swatting attack’ as hackers tricked armed police into raiding her home. Justine Roberts claimed an armed response team were called to her house in London in the middle of the night...
Aug 20, 2015 | Regulation
Hackers who stole the personal and private details of users of adultery dating website Ashely Madison claim to have released the data on to the internet. In July, AshleyMadison.com – which specialises in adulterous relationships – was hacked by a group...
Aug 19, 2015 | Online advertising, Online video, Regulation
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has updated its video ad guidelines, urging advertisers to stop using Adobe Flash in favour of HTML5 technology. Adobe, the creators of Flash, has backed the move and provides support for HTML5, which unlike Flash is...
Aug 19, 2015 | Online advertising, Online video, Regulation
The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has issued new guidance for vloggers who promote products online, following a series of controversial YouTube advertorials in recent months. The guidelines covers sponsorship, product placement, ‘advertorial’ vlogs, vloggers...
Aug 19, 2015 | Regulation
The IAB has begun a new initiative to tackle what it has defines as the five biggest issues in digital at the moment, including brand safety, viewability, fraud, (ad verification issues) and ad blocking and privacy. Dubbed “IAB Believes”, the initiative is in response...
Aug 5, 2015 | Facebook marketing, Regulation
Facebook has been forced to defend its video practices after a YouTube star accused it of downloading his copyrighted material to use on the social network… and cutting him out of any ad revenue earned. Facebook is lying…and cheating…and also stealing in...
Aug 5, 2015 | Content marketing, Regulation
Online streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime are an increasingly popular way of catching up on the latest TV shows, yet many dodge paying for a subscription, according to new research. Research carried out by the independent broadband and TV switching...
Jul 29, 2015 | Digital marketing skills, Regulation
Children from the UK could soon be able to delete any embarrassing online content that could affect future employment or relationships, following the launch of a new campaign. The campaign called ‘iRights,’ seeking to protect children’s presence...
Jul 29, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Regulation
US online retailer Amazon has called for a separate airspace zone for commercial drone flights that could deliver goods to customers. The zone would have the unmanned vehicles flying below normal planes at a height of 200 to 400ft (61 to 122m). Air traffic control for...
Jul 20, 2015 | Regulation
Hackers have stolen and leaked the personal details of users of Ashley Madison including “all the customers’ secret sexual fantasies and matching credit card transactions”. The site’s operator confirmed there had been an “intrusion”...
