A new Online Safety watchdog will crack down on deepfakes, scams and online bullying.

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In a new book, Cory Doctorow says that to reverse the decline of platforms such as Facebook and X, we must understand the ...

AdGuard is an ad-blocker that shields you from excessive pop-ups and banners and even claims to combat phishing and tracking.

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California has banned streaming ads from being louder than shows, starting in 2026. Here’s how to fix loud ads on your TV, ...

When you search for certain queries, you’ll find a list of sponsored results at the top of the page. Scroll past the links and click the “Hide sponsored results” button at the end of the block. These ...

For Sammi Claxon, it was no different. Soon after she started searching for answers, algorithms picked up that she was pregnant, and began targeting her with adverts. But when she lost her baby due to ...

In the days leading up to what is expected to be a chaotic U.S. presidential election, publishers are using new software tools to analyze their news coverage in order to make advertisers more ...

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would stop accepting new political ads in the week before the U.S. election day on Nov. 3, in a series of moves the company billed as its final plan for reducing risks ...

The former FTC chair has pointed out she was right all along, in her attempt to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision ...

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