Meta and Google teamed up to run a secret campaign that deliberately targeted 13 to 17-year ... the search giant’s own rules against advertising to children. The publication reports that Google ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Google and Meta made a secret deal to target advertisements for Instagram to teenagers on YouTube, skirting ...

Google and Meta reportedly struck a secret deal to target underage YouTube users with advertisements that promoted rival service Instagram – breaking the online search giant’s own ad rules ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. European regulators have asked Google to provide more information about a secret advertising partnership ...

In response to a question from Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Wynn-Williams admitted that Meta (which was then known as Facebook) had targeted 13- to 17-year-olds with ads when they were feeling ...

The company that owns Facebook and Instagram has for years relied on both social media platforms to keep children ... on Meta's platforms increases the effective delivery of targeted ads ...

Meta, which also owns Facebook, and the European Commission did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Google restricts ad-targeting based on the age, gender or interests of ...

Major privacy complaints targeting the legality of Meta’s core advertising business model ... complaints is one of a handful of poster children for those gripes. But while decisions are now ...

The Commission is also investigating Meta's age-verification tools and the privacy controls it has in place for minors. Under the DSA, targeted advertising to minors has been banned, and Meta has ...