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rijo<p>ICYMI: Microsoft Advertising removes over one billion ads in 2024 trust safety drive <a href="https://ppc.land/microsoft-advertising-removes-over-one-billion-ads-in-2024-trust-safety-drive/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/microsoft-advertising</span><span class="invisible">-removes-over-one-billion-ads-in-2024-trust-safety-drive/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/MicrosoftAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftAdvertising</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/SafetyOnline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SafetyOnline</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DeepfakeScams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepfakeScams</span></a></p>
rijo<p>ICYMI: DoubleVerify uncovers $2.5M ShadowBot fraud targeting mobile and CTV <a href="https://ppc.land/doubleverify-uncovers-2-5m-shadowbot-fraud-targeting-mobile-and-ctv/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/doubleverify-uncovers</span><span class="invisible">-2-5m-shadowbot-fraud-targeting-mobile-and-ctv/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/Marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/MobileTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobileTech</span></a></p>
rijo<p>ICYMI: Microsoft Advertising removes over one billion ads in 2024 trust safety drive <a href="https://ppc.land/microsoft-advertising-removes-over-one-billion-ads-in-2024-trust-safety-drive/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/microsoft-advertising</span><span class="invisible">-removes-over-one-billion-ads-in-2024-trust-safety-drive/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/MicrosoftAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftAdvertising</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/TrustSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrustSafety</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DeepfakeScams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepfakeScams</span></a></p>
rijo<p>Microsoft Advertising removes over one billion ads in 2024 trust safety drive <a href="https://ppc.land/microsoft-advertising-removes-over-one-billion-ads-in-2024-trust-safety-drive/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/microsoft-advertising</span><span class="invisible">-removes-over-one-billion-ads-in-2024-trust-safety-drive/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/MicrosoftAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftAdvertising</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/TrustSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrustSafety</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAds</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DeepfakeScams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepfakeScams</span></a></p>
Jack Yan (甄爵恩)<p>In my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <br>The frauds of online <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a>, and blocking sign-up bots</p><p><a href="https://jackyan.com/blog/2025/06/the-frauds-of-online-advertising-and-aiming-to-block-sign-up-bots/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jackyan.com/blog/2025/06/the-f</span><span class="invisible">rauds-of-online-advertising-and-aiming-to-block-sign-up-bots/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BobHoffman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BobHoffman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JYAMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JYAMedia</span></a></p>
rijo<p>ICYMI: European anti-fraud programmes prevented €3.45B losses in 2023 <a href="https://ppc.land/european-anti-fraud-programmes-prevented-eu3-45b-losses-in-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/european-anti-fraud-p</span><span class="invisible">rogrammes-prevented-eu3-45b-losses-in-2023/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/FraudPrevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FraudPrevention</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/OnlineSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafety</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/CostReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CostReduction</span></a></p>
Don Marti<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sjvn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sjvn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://geeknews.chat/@theregister" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>theregister</span></a></span> Here's the report: <a href="https://www.silentpush.com/blog/ghostvendors/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">silentpush.com/blog/ghostvendo</span><span class="invisible">rs/</span></a></p><p>Big Tech has <a href="https://federate.social/tags/adfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adfraud</span></a> problems in part because the ad review teams are understaffed and overstressed. But in the case of Meta a lot of the fraud problem is because they deliberately design their system to facilitate fraud. Now they're trying to drag Mozilla into that swamp, too. I'm still using Firefox, but it takes more and more tweaking to get it into a safe state.</p>
Don Marti<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sjvn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sjvn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://geeknews.chat/@theregister" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>theregister</span></a></span> The part that bugs me is not so much that they're putting _ads_ in Firefox (they have done that before and they get over it) but that they're putting <a href="https://federate.social/tags/adfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adfraud</span></a> in Firefox, in partnership with Meta (!)</p><p>When users are at risk of having attribution for their purchases "stolen" by fraud hackers, they're at more risk from sketchy operations violating their <a href="https://federate.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> in other ways in order to front-run an online shopping session and take credit for a sale.</p><p><a href="https://www.adexchanger.com/data-driven-thinking/the-hidden-dangers-of-privacy-preserving-attribution-and-a-smarter-solution/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">adexchanger.com/data-driven-th</span><span class="invisible">inking/the-hidden-dangers-of-privacy-preserving-attribution-and-a-smarter-solution/</span></a></p>
rijo<p>European anti-fraud programmes prevented €3.45B losses in 2023 <a href="https://ppc.land/european-anti-fraud-programmes-prevented-eu3-45b-losses-in-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/european-anti-fraud-p</span><span class="invisible">rogrammes-prevented-eu3-45b-losses-in-2023/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/FraudPrevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FraudPrevention</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/CostReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CostReduction</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/PPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPC</span></a></p>
rijo<p>ICYMI: DoubleVerify fraud lawsuit shakes digital ad verification market <a href="https://ppc.land/doubleverify-fraud-lawsuit-shakes-digital-ad-verification-market/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/doubleverify-fraud-la</span><span class="invisible">wsuit-shakes-digital-ad-verification-market/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DoubleVerify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoubleVerify</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdTech</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/FraudDetection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FraudDetection</span></a></p>
rijo<p>ICYMI: Ads.txt fraud cases exceed 100 as AI schemes manipulate digital advertising <a href="https://ppc.land/ads-txt-fraud-cases-exceed-100-as-ai-schemes-manipulate-digital-advertising/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/ads-txt-fraud-cases-e</span><span class="invisible">xceed-100-as-ai-schemes-manipulate-digital-advertising/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAds</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AIFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/PPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPC</span></a></p>
rijo<p>DoubleVerify fraud lawsuit shakes digital ad verification market <a href="https://ppc.land/doubleverify-fraud-lawsuit-shakes-digital-ad-verification-market/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/doubleverify-fraud-la</span><span class="invisible">wsuit-shakes-digital-ad-verification-market/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DoubleVerify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoubleVerify</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAdvertising</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassAction</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/BotDetection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BotDetection</span></a></p>
rijo<p>ICYMI: Ads.txt fraud cases exceed 100 as AI schemes manipulate digital advertising <a href="https://ppc.land/ads-txt-fraud-cases-exceed-100-as-ai-schemes-manipulate-digital-advertising/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/ads-txt-fraud-cases-e</span><span class="invisible">xceed-100-as-ai-schemes-manipulate-digital-advertising/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAdvertising</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdsTxt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdsTxt</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AIFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/MarketingStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarketingStrategy</span></a></p>
rijo<p>Ads.txt fraud cases exceed 100 as AI schemes manipulate digital advertising <a href="https://ppc.land/ads-txt-fraud-cases-exceed-100-as-ai-schemes-manipulate-digital-advertising/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/ads-txt-fraud-cases-e</span><span class="invisible">xceed-100-as-ai-schemes-manipulate-digital-advertising/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdsTxt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdsTxt</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAdvertising</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AIinAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIinAdvertising</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/PPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPC</span></a></p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>Android users bombarded with unskippable ads <a href="https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/05/android-users-bombarded-with-unskippable-ads" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">malwarebytes.com/blog/news/202</span><span class="invisible">5/05/android-users-bombarded-with-unskippable-ads</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Kaleidoscope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kaleidoscope</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/adfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adfraud</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Jack Yan (甄爵恩)<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BobHoffman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BobHoffman</span></a> is giving away Inside the Black Box on his website:</p><p><a href="https://www.bobhoffmanswebsite.com/copy-of-bookshop-1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bobhoffmanswebsite.com/copy-of</span><span class="invisible">-bookshop-1</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deception</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a></p>
rijo<p>ICYMI: Google's AI-powered defense suspended 39 million advertiser accounts <a href="https://ppc.land/googles-ai-powered-defense-suspended-39-million-advertiser-accounts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/googles-ai-powered-de</span><span class="invisible">fense-suspended-39-million-advertiser-accounts/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/GoogleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleAI</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AIMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Advertising</span></a></p>
rijo<p>Google's AI-powered defense suspended 39 million advertiser accounts <a href="https://ppc.land/googles-ai-powered-defense-suspended-39-million-advertiser-accounts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/googles-ai-powered-de</span><span class="invisible">fense-suspended-39-million-advertiser-accounts/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/GoogleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleAI</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/OnlineAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineAdvertising</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a></p>
rijo<p>ICYMI: Bot traffic costing advertisers billions as fraud detection fails, investigation reveals <a href="https://ppc.land/bot-traffic-costing-advertisers-billions-as-fraud-detection-fails-investigation-reveals/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/bot-traffic-costing-a</span><span class="invisible">dvertisers-billions-as-fraud-detection-fails-investigation-reveals/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/BotTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BotTraffic</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Advertising</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/FraudDetection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FraudDetection</span></a></p>
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