Meta grants itself the right to crawl advertisers' websites for AI
Meta's new terms let it crawl and train AI on advertisers' websites from October 30, 2026, as a survey found 16% of consumers grant AI data access reluctantly.
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Google's Universal Cart reaches US shoppers as Meta flips browsing on
Google's Universal Cart went live in US Search and Gemini, while Meta set in-app product browsing to switch on by default in existing ads on October 28, 2026.
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Meta named a future that never came. Amazon Ads Agent names one that exists
Facebook's 2021 rename to Meta backed a metaverse that lost over $70bn. Amazon's Ads Agent rename backs software already live, so the real test is its fees.
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Google Ads lets advertisers cap Display spend, on a best-effort basis
Google Ads now lets advertisers rank channels and cap Display and partner spend by percentage, as 40 attorneys general set terms for Character.ai's user data.
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Norway fines Xandr NOK 92m over Grindr data after nearly seven years
Norway fined Microsoft's Xandr NOK 92m over Grindr users' data nearly seven years after the complaint, as EU rules, Google ad policies and budgets shifted.
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Meta's Muse agent puts well-known merchants first as it gains ad accounts
Meta's Muse shopping agent must rank well-known merchants first and now reaches ad accounts, as agents, verifiers and footnotes shape the day's marketing news.
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Turkey orders state age tokens for social media from November 1
Turkey will require state-issued age tokens and bar under-15s from social media from November 1, as Apple, Anthropic and an AI sandbox face questions of proof.
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Google optimises its own revenue. Advertisers have to optimise theirs
Google's August 17 bidding change, AI Max defaults and court findings on ad pricing show a platform optimising its revenue while advertisers fight for theirs.
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EU Council draft cuts cookie consent re-ask wait to four months
An EU Council draft lets websites ask again for cookie consent after four months and exempts contextual ad measurement, while Ireland's DPC took 2,951 days.
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Google's September spam update ends after 13 days as manual actions rise
Google's September 2026 spam update finished on October 8 after 13 days and 16 hours, its longest run since August 2025, as SEOs report more manual actions.
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Apple asks The Trade Desk to test an iOS 27.2 build that may unblock ads
Apple asked The Trade Desk to test an iOS 27.2 beta as its Safari block pushes publishers toward IAB Tech Lab's Trusted Server, with nine domains still listed.
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San Diego County sues AppLovin over adult ads in children's games
San Diego County sued AppLovin over sex, gambling and cannabis ads served inside games rated for children, seeking $2,500 for every ad and every data record.
