UK consumers ‘more likely to ditch Facebook services than Huawei products’
Nearly a third of Brits (32%) are considering ditching Facebook over privacy concerns, compared to just 11% have similar issues with Huawei, according to new research.
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IPA Bellwether: UK companies cut marketing budgets for first time in seven years
UK marketers have recorded a reduction to marketing budgets for the third quarter of 2019 as economic and political uncertainty around Brexit drains confidence, according to new data.
UK digital ad spend rises £7.3bn
Total UK digital ad spend was up 13% year on year in the first six months of 2019, according to IAB UK’s half year Adspend update
More payments giants quit Facebook’s Libra digital currency project
Mastercard, Visa, eBay and payments firm Stripe have pulled out of Facebook’s embattled cryptocurrency project, Libra, following a similar move from PayPal last week.
PayPal drop out of Facebook cryptocurrency plan Libra
PayPal has pulled out of Libra, the Facebook-led effort to build a global digital currency, while other members are also considering leaving the scheme, according to reports.
Social media giants can now be ordered to remove posts worldwide
Facebook and similar apps and websites can be ordered to take down illegal posts worldwide after a landmark ruling from the EU’s highest court.
Native ad giants Taboola and Outbrain merge to rival Facebook and Google
Two digital ad platforms, Taboola and Outbrain are to merge to create a rival to Facebook and Google in the onlone ad space.