The latest news about social ads. Social ads are paid advertisements that appear on social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and LinkedIn. They can be used to promote a variety of products, services, and brands to a targeted audience.
Social
The latest news about social ads. Social ads are paid advertisements that appear on social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and LinkedIn. They can be used to promote a variety of products, services, and brands to a targeted audience.
Meta submitted its third DMA compliance report on March 6, 2026, revealing WhatsApp ads rollout, a €200m fine appeal, and updated consumer profiling rules for EU users.
A San Francisco court on March 3 entered a final $50 million judgment against Meta over Facebook user data shared with third-party developers, imposing sweeping new compliance obligations lasting three years.
Toni Schneider, True Ventures partner and Automattic founding CEO, takes over as interim CEO at Bluesky as Jay Graber shifts to Chief Innovation Officer role.
Toni Schneider, True Ventures partner and Automattic founding CEO, takes over as interim CEO at Bluesky as Jay Graber shifts to Chief Innovation Officer role.
Meta submitted its third DMA compliance report on March 6, 2026, revealing WhatsApp ads rollout, a €200m fine appeal, and updated consumer profiling rules for EU users.
A San Francisco court on March 3 entered a final $50 million judgment against Meta over Facebook user data shared with third-party developers, imposing sweeping new compliance obligations lasting three years.
Meta changes click-through attribution to count only link clicks for website and in-store conversions, ending years of measurement misalignment with third-party tools like Google Analytics.
IAS expanded brand safety measurement to X profiles in January 2026, the same period X began deploying Grok AI as a pre-bid scoring engine to rebuild advertiser confidence lost since 2022.
X deploys Grok AI for brand safety scoring, claiming 99%+ safety rates and 97%+ suitability scores as the platform tries to recover $1.18B in lost ad revenue.
Meta filed multiple lawsuits on February 26, 2026 against scam advertisers using celeb-bait and cloaking tactics in Brazil, China, and Vietnam, while issuing cease and desist letters to eight marketing consultants.
ODDITY Tech reported record full-year 2025 revenue of $810 million while disclosing a severe disruption in user acquisition costs linked to algorithm changes at its largest advertising partner, triggering a stock collapse that has wiped over 66% of the company's market value in a single month.
