AI companies pour big money into ads

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Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Artificial intelligence companies are playing their biggest role yet at the Super Bowl, with all the major AI players buying ads to showcase their tools — both for consumers and for businesses — to the expected audience of as many as 130 million people.  This year’s Super Bowl ads […]


Streaming-only Super Bowl ads gain traction on NBC’s Peacock

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A Super Bowl LX sign is seen at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. Stephen Lam | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images The Super Bowl is prime real estate every year for advertisers eager to get their brands in front of millions of consumers at once. It’s […]


Exclusive | Facebook most cited in online complaints for hosting scam ads that cost users billions: watchdog

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Facebook now accounts for the vast majority of scams on social media, according to an explosive new study – and critics claim it’s because Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant is more focused on making money than protecting customers, The Post has learned. Last year, Meta forecast it would earn $16 billion – or 10% of its […]


Australian government under fire for delays to gambling ads ban reform

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The Australian government is facing criticism for not tackling gambling ads fast enough, with fears of young people being exposed to harmful messaging. Former Tabcorp and ASX chief Elmer Funke Kupper has an op-ed in the Australian Financial Review that calls for a crackdown on gambling ads in Australia, following what he describes as “an invasion” […]


Netherlands Gambling Authority bans gambling ads at Dutch Grand Prix

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The Netherlands Gambling Authority (Ksa) has banned gambling ads from the Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix. The Ksa has issued guidance ahead of the Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, contacting the organizers to say that no teams sponsored by gambling providers will be allowed to participate in the Grand Prix. This […]


Meta receives 48 hour warning over illicit gambling ads in Brazil

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Meta has been issued a legal notice from the Attorney General’s Office in Brazil over the proliferation of gambling ads on its social platforms. The parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp has been instructed to remove the content, following a search of Meta’s ad library, which contained “hundreds” of active advertisements from profiles lacking […]


ASA issues rulings on gambling ads from Play’n GO and Mecca Bingo

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The UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has issued rulings on gambling ads from Play’n GO and Mecca Bingo. The ASA, the UK’s independent regulator of advertising across all media, has ruled that, in two cases where companies were accused of appealing to those under the age of 18, Play’n GO were in breach of codes […]


Google CEO names new search, ads boss, Raghavan to chief technologist

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Google is replacing Prabhakar Raghavan, the company’s search and ads boss, with longtime Google executive Nick Fox. The move was announced by Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who said in a blog post on Thursday that Raghavan will be moving into the role of chief technologist after 12 years of leading teams across the search company. […]