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G/O Media Is Fighting Its Staff Over ‘Objectively Bad’ Autoplay Ads

10.29.19

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Twitter Is Joking About How Much it Knows About You

10.16.19

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Firefox Will Give You a Fake Browsing History to Fool Advertisers

06.26.19

By Caroline Haskins
Man Calls out Indian Railways App for ‘Obscene’ Ads, Gets Told They’re From His Browser History

05.30.19

By Shamani Joshi
Tech

Facebook Charged for Discriminatory Housing Ads by Department of Housing and Urban Development

03.28.19

By Caroline Haskins
Tech

PayPal Processes Payments for ‘Stalkerware’ Software Sold to Abusive Partners

02.20.19

By Joseph Cox and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Identity

MTA Quietly Bans Sex Toys from Advertising on NYC Subway

01.10.19

By Leila Ettachfini
Tech

Why Your Ad Blocker Doesn’t Block Those ‘Please Turn Off Your Ad Blocker’ Popups

12.12.18

By Kaleigh Rogers
Tech

Facebook’s Arms Race with Adblockers Continues to Escalate

12.10.18

By Kaleigh Rogers
Entertainment

The Best Stuff at New York Comic Con Was the Actual Comics

10.08.18

By Nick Gazin
Racists Are Peddling Fake Nike Coupons for ‘People of Color’

09.14.18

By Drew Schwartz
Tech

Google AdSense Banned a Random Web Page About a 32-Year-Old Bill Because It Was About Sexual Abuse

07.06.18

By Samantha Cole

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