WhatsApp announced yesterday that it will now show ads from businesses through its Stories-like feature, months after adding an unnecessary floating AI button to the main chat interface. In response,

I talked with a professor of advertising to make sense of what this means for all of us who use those social media platforms.

The ads will be shown to users only within WhatsApp’s “Updates” tab to separate them from people’s personal conversations.

Limiting pharma ads would be a major win for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He has long wanted to more strictly regulate how medicines are promoted.

Meta Platforms Inc. will begin showing ads inside of its WhatsApp messaging service, opening a new potential revenue stream while the company invests heavily in artificial intelligence and other long-term projects.

More than a decade after it acquired WhatsApp, Meta will begin showing ads within the app.

The cofounders of WhatsApp resisted ads in the app for years, including after the company was acquired by Meta for $22 billion in 2014. Brian Acton and Jan Koum left the company in 2017 and 2018, respectively, and on Monday Meta introduced ads in the “Status” feature as well as sponsored Channels in the the “Updates” tab of WhatsApp.

For decades, pharmaceutical companies have shelled out big bucks to broadcasters to place ads between segments. But a pair of policies being considered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Instagram ads impersonating financial institutions like Bank of Montreal (BMO) and EQ Bank (Equitable Bank) are being used to target Canadian consumers with phishing scams and investment fraud. Some ads use AI-powered deepfake videos in an attempt to collect your personal information,

The next time you recommend a product or service to someone in conversation on Reddit, it might turn into an advertisement for the company. A new feature announced by the social media site at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity will allow brands to take positive comments posted on Reddit and display them right under advertisements on the platform.