EU kills cookie consent fix, Meta hides brand control, AI buys ads alone
The EU Council stripped Article 88b on June 18. Meta auto-enrolled brands without consent. An autonomous AI ad buy happened in Prague. Who controls what now.
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AI takes control, identity cracks, and Google closes the spam loop
Brand automation without consent, the LiveRamp succession race, Amazon's expanding commerce data reach, the Google June spam update, and the first autonomous AI ad buy all converged in the final 48 hours of Cannes Lions week.
"Dai Dai" holds global #1 as Oliver Tree's death reshapes YouTube charts
YouTube music charts for the week ending June 18, 2026: "Dai Dai" stays global #1 at 73.7M views as Oliver Tree's death drives posthumous chart surge across 15 territories.
Meta, Amazon, LiveRamp: brand control cracks open at Cannes Lions 2026
Meta's auto-enrollment row, Amazon's iHeart streaming deal, the Publicis-LiveRamp identity fallout, and a swift Google spam update close Cannes Lions 2026.
Meta auto-enrolled REI into AI: what Cannes week revealed about brand control
Covering June 25-26, 2026. A deformed bicycle ad, a £1.6bn UK TV merger, a new shared language for programmatic auctions, and Amazon's expanding commerce data footprint define the final day of Cannes Lions week.
AI advertising leads Cannes Lions 2026 as OpenAI courts the Croisette
On day one of Cannes Lions 2026, OpenAI courted advertisers as Criteo passed 2,000 brands on ChatGPT, shoppable TV spread, and Google reworked Smart Bidding.
Inside ad tech before Cannes: agents, AI search, streaming, and trust
A complete read of ad tech before Cannes Lions 2026: agentic AI buying, the AI search squeeze, streaming TV, retail media, measurement, and new privacy laws.
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