FTC Busts Lead-Gen Scam—But What About Pub/Platform Accomplices?
Product Marketing Lead Gavin Dunaway investigates potential for publishers and platforms to be held liable for scam ads As malware in the digital ecosystem scaled frightening new heights in 2021, the explosion in scam ads truly stood out—particularly low-quality ads from shady lead-generation services. Many of these companies are data leeches that lure consumers into […]
ADTECH SONG: Bad Ads Rising
Redirects?!? Backdoors?!? Ads for bongs and gummies?!? Heavy ads bringing site loads to a crawl?!? THERE ARE BAD ADS ON THE RISE! I see redirects and backdoors E-skimmers, scams, and phishing schemes What’s that—vibrators and butt plugs?!? Bitcoin, water bongs, and gummies Don’t go ’round that site! It’ll give your browser a fright There are […]