Telangana: Junior colleges to be fined for misleading ads

Telangana: Junior colleges to be fined for misleading ads

[ad_1] Hyderabad: In order to rule out misleading ads posted by junior colleges to hike up their admission drive, the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TS BIE) has decided to impose penalties against those who do so. In addition, those advertisements featuring slogans like ‘guaranteeing success in competitive exams’, including EAMCET, NEET, and IIT- … Read more

Feds turn antitrust focus to digital pharma ads

Feds turn antitrust focus to digital pharma ads

[ad_1] At issue in the FTC probe is whether the deal would help IQVIA, a $35 billion pharmaceutical data and analytics company, lock up the bulk of the market for digital advertising of pharmaceuticals aimed at doctors and patients, thereby harming rivals and potentially increasing costs for drugmakers, said three of the people, who were … Read more

Telangana: TSBIE deploys committee to approve ads for junior colleges

Telangana: TSBIE deploys committee to approve ads for junior colleges

[ad_1] TSBIE deploys committee to approve advertisements of junior colleges Hyderabad: A five-membered committee has been announced by the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) to look over advertisements proposed by private junior colleges. The board, on Monday, mandated that those looking forward to advertising their students and publishing any other advertisement must first … Read more

EC notice to Karnataka Cong on ‘rate card’ ads against BJP, seeks ’empirical’ evidence

EC notice to Karnataka Cong on ‘rate card’ ads against BJP, seeks ’empirical’ evidence

[ad_1] New Delhi: The Election Commission has issued a notice to the Karnataka Congress over its “corruption rate card” advertisements published in newspapers targeting the BJP, and sought “empirical evidence” to prove its allegations by Sunday evening. The notice was issued on Saturday following a complaint lodged by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Citing provisions … Read more

Twitter now tells advertisers to pay for verification or they can’t run ads

Twitter now tells advertisers to pay for verification or they can’t run ads

[ad_1] New Delhi: After removing all legacy Blue check marks and asking individual users to pay for being verified, Elon Musk-run Twitter on Friday asked advertisers to either pay for the verification or they will not be able to run their ads on the platform. Social media consultant Matt Navarra shared the letter sent by … Read more

Twitter fails to report some political ads after promising transparency

Twitter fails to report some political ads after promising transparency

[ad_1] Stefanik’s tweet, which promised the opportunity to win a signed MAGA hat, included a link to her joint fundraising committee’s WinRed page, where users could donate. The tweets from Fetterman and Frisch included links to their respective campaign’s ActBlue pages. All three were labeled as “promoted” in users’ feeds and would seem to fall … Read more

Priyanka talks about colourism in Bollywood, regrets doing fairness cream ads

Priyanka talks about colourism in Bollywood, regrets doing fairness cream ads

[ad_1] Mumbai: Priyanka Chopra Jonas faced colourism and spoke about being lightened for the screen in films. The Indian actress also revealed that she regrets being part of ‘damaging’ skin fairness ads during the mid-2000s. “When I joined the movie business, if you were fair, you were guaranteed some sort of success or casting, but … Read more

Instagram now puts ads in user search results

Instagram now puts ads in user search results

[ad_1] New Delhi: Meta-owned Instagram has announced it will put ads into the platform’s search results to reach people actively searching for businesses, products and content. Ads will show up in the feed that people can scroll when they tap into a post from search results. “We plan to launch this placement globally in the … Read more

UAE warns against hiring domestic help from unverified social media ads

UAE warns against hiring domestic help from unverified social media ads

[ad_1] Representative Image (Photo: Twitter) Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has warned against hiring domestic help from unapproved agencies or through advertisements on social media. In this regard, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization (MoHRE) on Tuesday issued a advisory on Twitter. “MoHRE calls on employers, UAE nationals and residents to … Read more

YouTube to remove ‘overlay ads’ on videos from April 6

YouTube to remove ‘overlay ads’ on videos from April 6

[ad_1] Representative Image San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube has announced that the “Overlay ads” ad format will no longer appear on YouTube, starting from April 6. “Starting on April 6th, 2023, the ‘Overlay ads’ ad format will no longer appear on YouTube to help improve the viewer experience and shift engagement to higher performing ad formats … Read more