Half of US shoppers fact-check AI on Reddit before buying, survey finds
Reddit's 2026 Path to Purchase survey shows half of US shoppers verify AI recommendations on the platform, ranking #1 for faster purchase decisions globally.
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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.
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Pacvue Prism launches today to kill the channel budget debate
Pacvue today launched Prism, connecting retail media, search, CTV, social, and conversational AI into one agentic commerce platform with closed-loop measurement
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Pinterest's MCP server and Ask Pinterest app rewrite the discovery playbook
Pinterest this week unveiled Business Assistant, an MCP server, a new Performance+ AI model, and the experimental Ask Pinterest app ahead of Cannes Lions 2026.
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WeFlex hit with $19,800 ACCC penalty over NDIS funding ad that misled parents
WeFlex paid $19,800 after the ACCC found its Facebook ad falsely told NDIS participants that personal training fitness services were automatically covered.
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AudienceProject can now measure your Pinterest campaigns in the UK and Germany
AudienceProject adds Pinterest to its independent cross-media measurement SaaS platform, launching in UK and Germany with further European markets to follow.
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AXE's giant wiener at the World Cup was a fragrance stunt all along
AXE, founded in 1983 and sold in 90+ markets, reveals the mystery wiener man at the FIFA World Cup 2026 Opening Ceremony was a campaign for Fine Fragrance.
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WPP Media sees AI as advertising's $1.3 trillion growth engine in 2026
WPP Media's midyear forecast projects 4.4% global ad growth to $1.3 trillion, as AI investment offsets geopolitical headwinds and reshapes every major ad channel.
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Uber Offsite, Fox-Roku, IAS, and X overhaul the programmatic advertising stack
Fox closes $22B Roku deal, Uber takes first-party ad signals offsite to Meta and Google, IAS adds Spotify podcast pre-bid controls, Hyundai tests SSP bidding.
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Reddit at 21: Huffman reveals 23 million spam views blocked daily
Steve Huffman marks Reddit's 21st birthday by publishing numbers on the platform's daily battle against bots, inauthentic votes, and synthetic web content.
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X adds GTM integration and live diagnostics to its rebuilt Ads Manager
X today added Google Tag Manager integration, unified Conversion API developer tools, and a real-time diagnostics dashboard to its rebuilt Ads Manager platform.
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UK bans social media for under-16s - what the new rules actually do
The UK government today announced a ban on social media for under-16s, with Spring 2027 regulations covering Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and more.
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News sites are dying - social media and chatbots are eating the audience
Oxford's RISJ 2026 Digital News Report finds social media beats publisher websites in 30 of 48 markets while AI chatbot news use climbs to 10%, up from 7%.
