New Facebook political ad rules: Now you must prove your ID before undermining democracy The horse is a speck on the horizon – but at least the barn door now has a bolt on it Personal Tech24 May 2018 | 24
Mobile app devs have, oh, about 9 hours left to decide whether to stay on Google's ad platform GDPR is their problem apparently Legal24 May 2018 | 42
Top UK court to rule whether 4.5m Brit iPhone fanbois can sue Google over cookies A tale of lawyer-funding venture capitalists and Mountain View Personal Tech23 May 2018 | 12
Cisco cancels all YouTube ads, then conceals cancellation Blog post shamed video vault, has since been ‘reposted as intended' On-Prem11 May 2018 | 53
US Congress finally emits all 3,000 Russian 'troll' Facebook ads. Let's take a look at some Pics Sub-literate, inept, and mostly highly divisive Personal Tech10 May 2018 | 113
Google will vet political ads to ward off Phantom Menace of fake news Mountain View's Empire Strikes Back against election meddling Legal04 May 2018 | 36
The spies that knew too much about Facebook's advertising network Analysis Despite transparency push, the social network still scorns ad data aggregators Personal Tech03 May 2018 | 7
What could Facebook possibly do next to reassure privacy fears? Yup – make a dating app F8 We have all been trolled Personal Tech01 May 2018 | 58
Publishers tell Google: We're not your consent lackeys GDP-argh! Trade groups say ad biz must clarify data use, take share of liability Legal01 May 2018 | 34
Brit MPs brand Facebook a 'great vampire squid' out for cash Zuck's CTO adds to PR apologies in Parliament Legal27 Apr 2018 | 37
Google Pixel 2 XL: Like paying Apple-tier prices then saying, hey, please help yourself to my data Special report Nice camera, and Android without OEM crapware, though Personal Tech26 Apr 2018 | 142
Oracle snaffles 'don't seat us next to that smelly brand' Brit adtech firm Grapeshot Acquisition for undisclosed sum latest in Big Red's foray into marketing SaaS25 Apr 2018 | 5
Facebook can't admit the truth, says data-slurp boffin Kogan Cambridge Analytica’s PR crisis man claims ‘morale is pretty good now’ in office On-Prem24 Apr 2018 | 54
In not terrifying news at all, Google just keeps on growing: Revenue, profit, headcount up Q1 tax rate plunge, cost of traffic to feed ad machine jumps On-Prem24 Apr 2018 | 7
Translating Facebook's latest 'Hard Questions' PR spin – The Reg edit Zuck: Creepy data-harvesting was for YOUR own good Personal Tech23 Apr 2018 | 44
UK consumer help bloke Martin Lewis is suing Facebook over fake ads Repeated misuse of consumer champion's mugshot leads to defamation sueball Legal23 Apr 2018 | 98
Facebook admits it does track non-users, for their own good Oh that snitch-code? It's just a little thing to make the web more convenient ... for Facebook and its advertisers Security17 Apr 2018 | 191
Boffins find new ways to slurp private info from Facebook addicts using precision-targeted ads Income, pregnancies, personal activities, all up for grabs Personal Tech12 Apr 2018 | 36
Facebook dynamites its own APIs amid data slurp scandals, wrecks data slurp applications And quietly cancels plan to gobble hospital patient info Software06 Apr 2018 | 30
One solution to wreck privacy-hating websites: Flood them with bogus info using browser tools Call for software to throw badly behaved biz in fake data tar pits Security03 Apr 2018 | 97
Adobe: New Unified Customer Profile will personalise ads as never before Adobe Summit Cloudy marketing tools get AI powers... what do you mean, bad timing? SaaS27 Mar 2018 | 38
More ad-versarial tech: Mozilla to pop limited ad blocker into Firefox Deteriorating web prompts browser maker to take a stand Software24 Mar 2018 | 65
Crypto crackdown: Google bans ads for unregulated currencies Bitcoin prices plummet Legal14 Mar 2018 | 35
Google ad blocks itself with DoubleClick snafu DoubleClick for Publishers has been exhibiting unexpected behavior for several hours On-Prem13 Mar 2018 | 4
French competition watchdog aims probe at 'overwhelming' ad power of Google and Facebook We'll take a very long lunch then decide what to do On-Prem07 Mar 2018 | 11
Copper feel, fibre it ain't: Ads regulator could face court for playing hard and fast with definitions CityFibre applies for review, says ASA is failing consumers Systems05 Mar 2018 | 76
Use ad blockers? Mine some Monero to get access to news, says US site Cryptocurrency trend moves into publishing as Salon comes up with plan to make customers pay On-Prem21 Feb 2018 | 117
Facebook's big solution to combating election ad fraud: Snail mail Lo-tech brainwave 'won't solve everything', says biz Legal19 Feb 2018 | 48
*Wakes up in Chrome's post-adblockalyptic landscape* Wow, hardly anything's changed! Web still looking pretty toxic Legal19 Feb 2018 | 57
Chrome adblockalypse will 'accelerate Google-Facebook duopoly' Analysis And publishers – have you thought of trying something new? Legal16 Feb 2018 | 80
From tomorrow, Google Chrome will block crud ads. Here's how it'll work Consider it a wakeup call for websites – it's time to end the scourge of awful banners Security14 Feb 2018 | 118
Who wants dynamic dancing animations and code in their emails? Everyone! says Google Y'all loved AMP for the web, now get it in your inboxes Software13 Feb 2018 | 120
Facebook gets Weed-whacked: Unilever exec may axe ads over social network's toxic posts Huge advertiser threatens to turn off Zuck's money tap Personal Tech12 Feb 2018 | 53
ASA tells Poundland and its teabagging elf: Enough with the smutty social ninja sh*t The 1970s called, they want their double entendres back Bootnotes07 Feb 2018 | 66
Basket case lawsuit: Fancy fruit florists flail Google over rotten ads, demand $200m damages Search results serve our rivals, not our produce, biz complains Bootnotes07 Feb 2018 | 33
Suspicion of villainy leads Facebook to ban cryptocoin ads ‘Many companies advertising ICOs and cryptocurrencies are not operating in good faith’ Science31 Jan 2018 | 22
Firefox to emit ‘occasional sponsored story’ in ads test Privacy preserved, promise, because Mozilla wants to reinvent web ads Software29 Jan 2018 | 103
Google slaps mute button on stupid ads that nag you to buy stuff you just looked at Chocolate Factory touts more ways to blast banners Software26 Jan 2018 | 80
Maverick internet cop Chrome 64 breaks rules to thwart malvert scum Google bans forced redirects used by Zirconium to infect Macs, PCs with nasties Software24 Jan 2018 | 43
HTML5 may as well stand for Hey, Track Me Longtime 5. Ads can use it to fingerprint netizens Usenix Enigma This language is wired for sound Security17 Jan 2018 | 47
Fetch calls Uber's bluff: See you in court, bros! Battle over dodgy click claims heats up On-Prem03 Jan 2018 | 10
Social network smacks back: Accusers say it helps recruiters target age-groups in job ads Meanwhile, class action sueball flung On-Prem21 Dec 2017 | 20
Google Chrome ad-blocking to begin in February – but what is it going to block? Don't expect the adpocalypse On-Prem20 Dec 2017 | 77
Google lies about click-fraud refunds and tried to destroy us – ad biz Web giant accused in court of withholding money On-Prem13 Dec 2017 | 31
Ad-filtering fiend Eyeo: Morning has broken, like the first morning Interview Everything's lovely, industry is being less obnoxious Software30 Nov 2017 | 24
Mythical broadband speeds to plummet in crackdown on ISP ads If I hear 'up to' one more time... Networks23 Nov 2017 | 100
Anonymized location-tracking data proves anything but: Apps squeal on you like crazy Boffins pinpoint homes based on people's device movements Personal Tech17 Nov 2017 | 30
Ads watchdog tells Plusnet: There's no way unlimited business broadband costs £4.50 If that were the case, you might actually Do Us Proud Networks15 Nov 2017 | 40
Brave Twitter axes Russian media ads 11 months after the fact And Jack's off on the user numbers Legal26 Oct 2017 | 12
Twitter: We also made a shedload of cash from Russia's trolling during US White House race What's 'Kerr-ching!' in Russian? Legal29 Sep 2017 | 42
For Facebook, ignorance is the business model: Social net is shocked – SHOCKED – that people behave badly Analysis See no evil, hear no evil, speak of no evil On-Prem22 Sep 2017 | 31
Apocalypse now: Ad biz cries foul over Apple's great AI cookie purge It'll break the internet, cries Madison Ave On-Prem18 Sep 2017 | 39
Facebook let advertisers target 'Jew-haters' You are our product, says The Social Network™, and we productised your racism On-Prem15 Sep 2017 | 60
Apple's 'shoddy' Beats headphones get slammed in lawsuit Claims of sweat resistance and durability are lies, litigious customers contend Personal Tech13 Sep 2017 | 58
Facebook will deny ads to repeat promoters of fake news Sharing network hopes to hit hoaxers where it hurts On-Prem28 Aug 2017 | 41
FYI: Web ad fraud looks really bad. Like, really, really bad. Bigly bad Except at quality titles like El Reg, of course, cough On-Prem17 Aug 2017 | 94
Ads regulator raps PC repair biz for massaging malware infection rates Stop running that or we'll say stop again, so help me god Legal17 Aug 2017 | 14
Revealed: The naughty tricks used by web ads to bypass blockers Analysis A behind-the-scenes look at the cat and mouse game played by publishers and devs Software11 Aug 2017 | 218
Brits look at Google and Facebook every 210 seconds, says survey Go on, count them. Bet you can't resist now we've said that Networks09 Aug 2017 | 27
Can the last person watching desktop video please turn out the light? OTT Boxes are killing the Video Star - and about time too Personal Tech08 Aug 2017 | 48
Google tracks what you spend offline to prove its online ads work. And privacy folks are furious Watchdog goes to court to open up black box system Legal31 Jul 2017 | 106
Facebook may print money but thirsty Wall Street wants more Analysis Monetising video... RU serious, Zuck? On-Prem27 Jul 2017 | 15