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 ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been crucial in helping Google enforce policies and prevent bad actors and harmful content from reaching users. Its latest models contributed to detecting violations ...

Google is leaning harder on Gemini to police its ad ecosystem, saying the AI upgrade sharply improved scam detection while reducing false suspensions for legitimate advertisers. The numbers also show ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

Deceptive and disturbing ads are gutting your game. Recent reports found that nearly 60% of mobile gamers have encountered creatives that blatantly misrepresent gameplay and more than half of all ...

Tech giant Google blocked or removed 483.7 million policy-violating advertisements and suspended 1.7 million advertiser accounts in India in 2025 with the help of its AI platform Gemini. Globally, ...

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 ...

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 ...