Alphabet Confirms Russia Restricting Google News

Adding to Russia’s growing censorship list is Google News. Google confirmed the possible interference when reports started coming in that Russians were encountering problems accessing its news aggregator services. This follows an earlier report by Interfax that said that Google’s service has been blocked by Russia’s internet censor, Roskomnadzor. According to a Google spokesperson: “We’ve confirmed that […]

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TikTok Launches Search Ads in Beta

Now here’s something particularly eye and ear-catching for marketers – TikTok just launched beta testing for ads in search this week, providing another way to reach the TikTok audience through the terms they use via search. In a nutshell, it’s similar to keyword mapping, only that it includes several ad suggestions. Search Ads By TikTok Based on […]

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New EU Transfer Agreement for Facebook & Instagram

After what we thought would be anxious anticipation for many, it seems that Facebook and Instagram won’t be shut down in Europe after all. Early last month, the future for Meta in Europe seemed to suddenly be bleak after the platform shared this note in an update to the SEC: “In August 2020, we received a […]

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