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Billion-dollar search engine industry attracts vultures, shady advertisers, and cybercriminals

January 6, 2020 admin adfraud, advertisements, Adware, extensions, hijackers, potentially unwanted programs, pups, results, search, search engine, search engine optimization, search engines, SEO, seo poisoning, sponsored

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:04:21 +0000

We look at the ways in which criminals and vultures use less-than-honest tactics to fleece the search engine industry for a piece of its billion-dollar pie.

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New Facebook ad reporting tool launches in UK

July 19, 2019 admin ads, advertisements, adverts, Facebook, facebook lawsuit, Martin lewis, scam reporting, scam reporting tool, scams, uk

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Consumer expert Martin Lewis took Facebook to court over multiple rogue ads bearing his likeness. It’s now been settled out of court, and Facebook users have a new tool in the fight against bad ads.

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