Display Advertising: Ad Fraud
DoubleVerify launches CTV certification program to help curb ad fraud
The first ad tech platforms to be certified include Amobee, MediaMath, SpotX, The Trade Desk and...
MediaMath commits to 100% accountable, addressable media supply chain by end of 2020
The company said it will implement a persistent, portable user-level ID across desktop, mobile and...
IAB Europe, IAB Tech Lab release revised GDPR-consent framework
The organizations opened Transparency and Consent Framework 2.0 to comments in...
Google AdSense, AdMob rolling out system updates for preventing ad spend on invalid traffic
Will give publishers more details on when ad traffic is...
Google integrates IAB Tech Lab’s Open Measurement standard for third-party viewability measurement
The Open Measurement standard eliminates the need to implement various SDKs to measure viewability across display, native and...
Google Ad Manager, AdMob add support for app-ads.txt, to start blocking unauthorized ad serving for publishers this month
App publishers will also see notices of errors in their file...
NCS launches AI service to optimize for offline incremental sales in CPG digital campaigns
The Sales Lift Metrics service is designed to provide in-flight data on key campaign tactics, such as audience targets, media placements,...
Centro’s DSP enforces app-ads.txt to target authorized ad inventory
As part of an industry-wide effort to mitigate fraudulent ad selling, Basis will now default to targeting app ads from authorized and validated...
Nestlé, McDonald’s, Virgin Media first to test JICWEBS blockchain solution for digital ad spend transparency
The brands are part of a pilot program using a distributed ledger technology platform aimed at creating greater efficiencies within the digital...
Verizon Media’s new ad transparency tool provides reach, cost insights, forecasting capabilities
Its DSP users will have a full view of the programmatic ad environment broken down by channel, ad format and...
IAB Tech Lab releases new specs for ad seller transparency: Sellers.json and SupplyChain object
Now open for public comment, the specs build on ads.txt to give buyers visibility into direct and intermediary sellers of a given bid...
Mobile app ad fraud scheme stuffed banner ads with multiple video players
Sold as premium inventory, the scheme resulted in two million fraudulent ad calls per day, said...
IAB Tech Lab releases final version of app-ads.txt to fight mobile app fraud
The extension of the ads.txt standard is designed to address specific needs of ad-supported...
Tappx teams with Pixalate for industry-first OTT fraud solution
Pixalate estimates that OTT fraud will rob marketers of up to $10 billion in ad spend annually by...
Anti-fraud tool Ads.txt looks vulnerable in botnet scam revelation
DoubleVerify identified an Ads.txt exploit that could have cost advertisers millions....
Feds take down international hacker ring that cost advertisers millions
What you should know about the dismantling of the 3ve and Methbot...
Your AI does not need tickets to the big game
Only when we address all of the ways that fraud and inefficiency have plagued media buying will we end their threat to a healthy, thriving...
IAS media quality report paints a slightly more optimistic picture for programmatic ad buyers
While publisher-direct display ads still have the lowest level of brand safety risk, programmatic is steadily catching...
Our wake-up call to improve an industry
If you change nothing, nothing will ever change. We’re making it our primary goal to improve advertising technology. We’re facing down the...
New report: CTV emerges as top platform for video advertisers, completion rates continue to improve
Extreme Reach's video benchmark report also shows that viewability rates continue to...