Articles in Red Tape and Regulation
The leash on the UK’s advertising watchdog is being loosened and it will finally get its teeth into social networks, with an expanded remit covering Facebook, Twitter and advertisers’ own websites. It’s a move which is long-overdue, though it won’t take effect for another six months.
The FTC investigation into retailer Ann Taylor’s blogger payola flap sent a jolting wake-up call to businesses looking to drum up some positive word-of-mouth buzz via the blogosphere. Ann Taylor may have gotten off lightly, but there are still some hard lessons for businesses to come out of this.
Is Facebook on a collision course with privacy watchdogs? There have been isolated complaints in the U.S. and in Europe to rein in the rapidly growing social network and how it handles user data, but …
Every day, quick bursts of highly targeted medical information are pumped into the Twitterverse, oblivious to most of us goof-offs blithely in search of the latest iPad reviews and Justin Bieber gossip.
Should drug makers be required to disclose up-front all the potential harmful side effects of new medications within a single, 140-character Tweet? And what about guidance on how to set up a Facebook fan page …
The Twitter advertizing platform isn’t even live yet and the UK’s advertizing standards watchdog already wants tighter controls. The same goes for Facebook.
Tag this one “kettle,” “pot,” “black.” The growing prospects of a Google antitrust probe on both sides of the Atlantic has drawn into the fray the search giant’s biggest nemesis: Microsoft. Not surprisingly, what’s shaping …
It’s a double-whammy day for Google in Europe. Less than 24 hours after the European Commission asked Google to respond to complaints lodged by three other search engines, an Italian court
It was bound to happen sooner or later: Google’s search engine, which has a market share of between 80% and 90% in Europe faces its first major antitrust challenge.
Is Red Bull up to its renegade ways again? Has Verizon climbed on its back for the ride? The power of Twitter is in play again as these two companies – who are not Olympic …
