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From Amazon’s singing boxes to the stars of Disney’s Frozen starring in Iceland’s Christmas advert offering, last year’s clips were full of surprises. John Lewis brought you Excitable Edgar, while Marks and Spencer’s featured several famous faces, devouring their tasty food. While the big day is still a few weeks away, the ads have slowly […]
A protesting street artist has altered Facebook’s London billboard ads to include some home truths about the social media giant. The ad campaign was launched in a bid to win back consumer trust in wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal where raw data from some 87 million Facebook profiles was harvested by the political consulting […]
Getty Millionaire consumer rights champion Martin Lewis is suing Facebook after claiming scammers are using his reputation to ensnare people in “get-rich-quick schemes” through fake ads. The TV star’s team has been surprised by Facebook’s “deliberately obtuse” response to being served with legal action, according to his attorney. He is pursuing exemplary damages against Facebook, […]
Facebook users would have to pay the social network to opt-out of its advertising, the company has said. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg told NBC that Facebook users could have to pay to completely opt-out of their data being used to target them with advertisements. Sandberg said the company has “different forms of opt out” […]
TEENAGERS who watch lots of TV with adverts are more likely to eat junk food, suggesting a “strong association between advertisements and eating habits”, according to a report yesterday.
Journalist Harriet Minter suggested that women and girls are conditioned by advertisers to like certain things and not like certain things. “What’s strange is when we say that advertising is completely harmless,” she explained. Harriet added: “Marketing targets things like trucks at boys not women.” However, the debate became extremely heated as Piers, 56, asked […]
PPI, payment protection insurance, has been almost unavoidable for most after a wave of irritating adverts hit the radio and TV encouraging the public to check if they had been sold some wrongly. While many ignored the persistent ads, some actually do have money that they could claim back to the tune of £1,000s. The […]
