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# Ads

This year
2023
Facebook and Instagram to offer €12.99 a month ad-free subscriptions for European users
Only people aged 18 and over will be able to buy subscriptions.
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Oct 30th 2023, 3:17 PM
Debunked: YouTube ads feature Elon Musk in deepfake videos pushing cryptocurrency scams
An AI-generated Irish newsreader was also used in one fraudulent video.
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Oct 20th 2023, 3:54 PM
Opinion: 'The endorsement of cars by RTÉ celebs during a climate crisis shows poor judgement'
Seána Glennon says the judgement of ‘influencers’ promoting cars in a climate crisis should be called into question.
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Jul 9th 2023, 10:30 AM
Last year
2022
Twitter bans ads that defy climate change science
“Now more than ever, meaningful climate action, from all of us, is critical,” Twitter global sustainability manager Casey Junod said.
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Apr 22nd 2022, 10:55 PM
Publishers aim to 'break Google's stranglehold' over advertising with antitrust complaint
The European Publishers Council has lodged the complaint with the European Commission.
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Feb 11th 2022, 10:58 AM
Facebook runs dozens of ads targeting Irish users with anti-vaccine and Covid-sceptic content
Several ads were removed by the social media firm this week.
A search of Facebook’s ad library this week found 40 ads sharing pandemic-related misinformation or Covid-sceptic slogans, Stephen McDermott writes.
Advertisers included a company selling t-shirts, video bloggers promoting and a firm offering a 'vaccine detox' retreat in the south of Spain.
A Government TD described the level of misinformation in the ads as "absolutely startling".
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Jan 16th 2022, 12:05 AM
All time
Spotify to suspend political advertising in 2020
The company said it does not have the necessary level of robustness in its systems to responsibly validate and review this content.
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Dec 27th 2019, 8:04 PM
Twitter announces it is banning all political advertisements
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted the change in policy this evening.
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Oct 30th 2019, 8:20 PM
Watchdog to review use of term 'unlimited' in phone plan advertising
The ASAI said new guidelines will help to ensure certain marketing terms are not misleading to consumers.
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Aug 20th 2019, 1:47 PM
EU fines Google €1.49bn for blocking ads by rivals
The fine brings Google’s total tab with the European Union to €8.2 billion in less than two years.
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Mar 20th 2019, 3:43 PM
Children who watch extra junk food adverts consume more calories
The catchier the ad, the more effective.
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May 26th 2018, 6:30 AM
This is why you're still seeing referendum ads online
Google said that it was blocking ads – but Google isn’t the only way for campaigns to place ads online.
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May 24th 2018, 5:03 PM
Facebook banned 583 million fake accounts in the first three months of the year
Facebook said those closures came on top of blocking millions of attempts to create fake accounts every day.
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May 15th 2018, 9:38 PM
Facebook feature shows official Eighth Amendment campaign pages are being managed by accounts located abroad
A new Facebook feature silently went live for a period yesterday showing where managers of pages are located.
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May 12th 2018, 9:30 AM
Poll: Should junk food ads be banned on Irish public transport?
The Mayor of London is proposing to bring in such a change to the English capital.
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May 12th 2018, 7:30 AM
Facebook announces a ban of all Eighth referendum ads from foreign sources
Facebook said that it will not allow any ads coming from foreign sources which are deemed to be “attempting to influence the outcome of the vote on May 25″.
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May 8th 2018, 1:33 PM
Does Facebook really not sell your data to advertisers?
We take a look.
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Apr 15th 2018, 3:30 PM
Model quits L'Oreal ad campaign due to alleged 'anti-Israeli' tweets
Khan was to be the first woman in a hijab to front a mainstream shampoo campaign.
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Jan 23rd 2018, 7:37 AM
10 iconic lines from ads that no Irish person will ever be able to forget
For better or for worse.
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Jan 21st 2018, 8:00 PM
Government spent over €200k promoting the Public Services Card
The rollout of the card sparked a storm of publicity about its use last year.
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Jan 7th 2018, 6:30 AM
Government to oppose regulation of political ads as it would ban TDs advertising their local clinics
Fianna Fáil said the new Bill will ensure the government stay within the definition of what is political advertising.
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Dec 12th 2017, 9:25 PM
11 celebrities who mortified themselves for that sweet, sweet ad money
Yes, that IS Owen Wilson trying to sell sofas to you before Gogglebox.
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Dec 10th 2017, 7:00 PM
Twitter will now label political ads, including who bought them and how much they cost
Senators behind the Honest Ads Act referred to it as an issue of national security.
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Oct 25th 2017, 7:40 AM
This is the first sanitary towel ad to actually show blood, instead of that mysterious blue liquid
It’s about bloody time. (Ah weh weh weh.)
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Oct 18th 2017, 4:07 PM
Bank ad ordered to be changed after child shown wearing puffy jacket in car seat
AIB was found to be in breach of the advertisers’ code.
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Sep 22nd 2017, 6:10 AM
Watchdog rules against Nissan ad that showed sister standing up to brother's bully
It did not, however, find the ad was gender stereotyping or that the images were inappropriate.
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Sep 21st 2017, 12:51 PM
9 feelings everyone has about that An Post ad with the shrieking child
Have you ever heard of using your indoor voice?
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Aug 27th 2017, 4:32 PM
We need to talk about those grim 'bin the poo' ads in Dublin
Make it stop.
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Jun 21st 2017, 7:48 PM
The internet has unearthed this 1980s Avonmore ad starring a very young Miriam O'Callaghan
Ah, wouldja look?
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Apr 27th 2017, 10:11 AM
Old Irish ads from the past 50 years are free to view online from today
The Irish Film Institute have been working to restore almost 8,000 rolls of film that had been damaged by mould.
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Apr 26th 2017, 9:00 PM
9 ridiculous things that always happen in feminine hygiene ads
Dip the pad in the blue water! Dip it!
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Apr 7th 2017, 8:00 AM
People deserve 'decent, honest' ads says broadcasting authority as it launches new rules
Product placement gets a separate distinction to advertising in the revised code.
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Mar 28th 2017, 11:00 AM
We need to talk about the song on the Permanent TSB ad
KEEP GOING.
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Feb 12th 2017, 4:30 PM
Super Bowl ads get political and discuss 'four years of bad hair'
A number of ads touted inclusiveness and diversity.
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Feb 6th 2017, 7:10 AM
'Bud... Weis... Er!' Ranking the 12 best Super Bowl ads of all time
How well do you remember these promos from the NFL’s showpiece event?
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Feb 3rd 2017, 9:30 PM
16 signs Christmas had definitely arrived when you were a kid
“Got a whole lot of things for Christmas…”
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Dec 4th 2016, 8:15 PM
11 of the quickest jokes about the new John Lewis Christmas ad
Buster is blowing up the internet today.
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Nov 10th 2016, 10:50 AM
Sprite ad saying "she's seen more ceilings than Michelangelo" ruled sexually exploitative
The ad campaign was featured on two Irish websites.
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Nov 3rd 2016, 5:18 PM
The 11 most iconic Christmas moments on screen
We’re not crying, you’re crying.
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Oct 21st 2016, 3:19 PM
People are loving this car ad featuring a sad Irish dinosaur
This is so sweet.
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Sep 17th 2016, 3:10 PM
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