This academic paper concludes that targeted Web ads are bad for consumers because they offer (slightly) higher prices and less well-known products than search ads.  It’s a questionable conclusion that was picked up The New York Times under the headline “If It’s Advertised to You Online, You Probably Shouldn’t Buy It. Here’s Why.”

After years of inaction, governments are taking stronger measures to control online information – a cure that might be worse than the disease.  Increasingly-authoritarian India has prohibited social media from sharing false information and set up its own fact-checking unit as the arbiter of truth.   And increasingly-authoritarian Arkansas is joining Utah in passing a law that gives parents closer control over their kids’ online activities.

CDP Redpoint Global is launching its Data Readiness Hub, which packages its data quality and identity resolution tools in a real-time environment to automatically update customer profiles as new data becomes available. The aim is to solve quality problems before the data enters critical activation systems. Continuous updates also reduce data preparation time.