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Google revoked all horse racing aggregator certifications for the U.S. market on December 1, 2025, while maintaining permissions for licensed gambling operators.

IAB Australia published guidelines for affiliate marketers on November 27, 2025, outlining standards for program integrity, fraud prevention, and transaction validation.

An Indian court ordered Google and Indian Kanoon to de-index dozens of news articles from search results on November 10, 2025, raising questions about content removal procedures and the right to privacy following acquittal in criminal cases.

Adthena becomes first platform to observe ads in Google AI Overviews with 0.052% frequency across 25,000 SERPs, as paid search CTRs face 8-12 point declines.

Microsoft will remove its mobile advertising app from app stores in November 2025, with full retirement scheduled for January 2026 after security updates end.

Google, Meta, and AI platforms clash over privacy regulations and advertising control as publishers struggle with AI crawler economics and platforms race to deploy agentic features for holiday shopping campaigns this week.

Google will restrict phone numbers linked to fraudulent activity from call-only ads, call assets, and location assets starting December 10, 2025, with enforcement escalating over eight weeks.

Google publishes updated crawling infrastructure documentation on November 20, 2025, adding HTTP caching support details and transfer protocol specifications.