This week on The Stack: Meta to End Fact-Checking While X’s Content Moderation Comes Under Further Scrutiny; WWE’s Netflix Debut; Japan Announces Action Against Google    Meta shocked many this week by announcing the end of fact-checking for its social media platforms, [...]

News in brief: EU Pushes to Conclude Investigation into X’s Content Moderation; Reddit Introduces New Features for Advertisers; Livestreaming Shopping App Whatnot’s Valuation Rises to $5B EU Pushes to Conclude Investigation into X’s Content Moderation Top officials in the European Commission (EC) [...]

News in brief: Meta to End Third-Party Fact-Checking Program; Singapore Considers Social Media Age Restrictions; Disney to Combine Hulu + Live TV with FuboTV  Meta to End Third-Party Fact-Checking Program   Meta has announced it will be ending its third-party fact-checking program, instead [...]

This week on The Stack:  The Latest on Google’s Legal Battles; Social Media Under Growing Scrutiny; Today’s MadTech Daily  This week, Google wrapped up its ad stack court face-off against the DOJ. Closing arguments were made by both parties. Now, the [...]

It’s a much-debated concept that there’s no such thing as bad PR, but whether you agree with the sentiment or not, there’s no denying a flurry of negative publicity can certainly increase a brand’s visibility among the general public. Jaguar’s [...]

News in brief: TikTok to Block Certain Beauty Filters for Under 18s; Google Sends Subpoenas to OpenAI, Perplexity and Microsoft; OpenAI Shuts Down Video Tool After Artists Protest TikTok to Block Certain Beauty Filters for Under 18s  As more attention is increasingly [...]

News in brief: CMA Publishes Provisional Findings Against Apple; Alibaba Merges E-Commerce Operations; AUS Introduces Social Media Ban Bill for Under 16s  CMA Publishes Provisional Findings Against Apple Following an inquiry into the mobile browser market, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority [...]

News in brief: Walmart’s Ad Business Sees 28% Growth; Apple Starts Selling News Ads; X Partners with PubMatic  Walmart’s Ad Business Sees 28% Growth Walmart has reported a strong revenue growth for Q3, increasing 5.5% to a total of USD$169.6bn (£134bn). The [...]

News in brief: DOJ Wants Google to Sell Chrome; Amazon Launches New App to Rival Temu and Shein; AUS Social Media Ban for Under 16s Not Backed by Parliamentary Inquiry; Dentsu APAC Revenue Dips DOJ to Force Chrome Spin-off? The US Department [...]

News in brief: AUS Plans Ban Social Media Ban for Under 16s; ITV Revenue Dips; UK Gov to Examine Future of Linear TV  AUS Plans to Ban Social Media for Under 16s In order to tackle social media’s damaging effects on children, [...]