Results from the survey conducted in late 2020 evaluated top social media platforms on ten categories of media responsibility.
WireWheel Raises $20M Series B Funding bringing it to $45M total Data privacy tech company, WireWheel plans to use the new funding for enterprise marketing and for its SaaS platform, which is designed for use by privacy professionals and engineering and governance staff.
In a shot across the bow at Big Tech, Maryland is the first U.S. state to tax digital ad services. Companies making between $1M – $100M will pay 2.5% and those making over $15B, like Google and Facebook, will pay 10%. The state’s premise is that tech companies profit by collecting ad data on its residents so they should pay their fair share. Other states, including Connecticut and Indiana, may soon follow.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.