NEW YORK — Internet users who install ad-blocking software to escape annoying advertisements may actually be seeing more problematic content than people who browse without any protection at all.

Ad blockers, the digital shields that nearly one billion internet users deploy to protect themselves from intrusive advertising, may be inadvertently exposing their users to more problematic content, ...

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Recent LegitScript data reveals the skyrocketing promotion of both GLP-1 medications and reported ads associated with selling compounded GLP-1 medications. Leaders in ...

This article first appeared in the newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist. Pharmaceutical ads in the United States are annoying. Absurd. And almost uniquely American. In fact, only one other high-income ...

Consumers are being urged to exercise caution on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, as a new investigation by consumer association Which? reveals a proliferation of misleading and potentially ...

Fearing billions of dollars in lost revenue, Meta Platforms Inc. reportedly developed an internal “playbook” aimed at sidestepping pressure from regulators to crack down on scam advertising on its ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Japanese regulators last year were upset by a flood of ads for obvious scams on Facebook and Instagram. The scams ranged from fraudulent investment schemes to fake celebrity product ...