Hacker News with Generative AI: Online Advertising

FTC Study Indicates Wide Range of Personal Data Used for Individualized Prices (ftc.gov)
Canada Competition Bureau sues Google for anti-competitive conduct in online ads (canada.ca)
The Competition Bureau is taking legal action against Google for anti-competitive conduct in online advertising technology services in Canada. Following a thorough investigation, the Bureau has filed an application with the Competition Tribunal that seeks to remedy the conduct for the benefit of Canadians.
Google is getting even worse for independent sites (theverge.com)
An article in HouseFresh, a site dedicated to air quality, hit a nerve in February: it outlined how independent publishers have been gradually bumped out of Google search results, with big media companies taking their place.
Mozilla becoming active in online advertising (mozilla.org)
As Mark shared in his blog, Mozilla is going to be more active in digital advertising. Our hypothesis is that we need to simultaneously work on public policy, standards, products and infrastructure.
Mozilla – Improving online advertising through product and infrastructure (mozilla.org)
As Mark shared in his blog, Mozilla is going to be more active in digital advertising.
YouTube crackdown on ad blockers leaves users with "unskippable nothingness" (dexerto.com)
Big Tech's role in enabling link fraud – take 2 (eligrey.com)
Why are Google and Facebook free? The answer might be worse than you think (tuta.com)