Advertising Stories for 2016

How Russia Recruited Elite Hackers For Its Cyberwar 236
Facebook Buys Data From Third-Party Brokers To Fill In User Profiles 116
Ask Slashdot: Is Computing As Cool and Fun As It Once Was? 449
Russian Hackers Stole $5 Million Per Day From Advertisers With Bots and Fake Websites 93
Malvertising Campaign Infects Your Router Instead of Your Browser 137
New Stegano Exploit Kit Hides Malvertising Code In Banner Pixels 207
No Man's Sky's Steam Page Didn't Mislead Gamers, Rules UK Ad Watchdog 76
EU's Law Enforcement Agency Closes 4,500 Websites Peddling Fake Brands 72
Advertising Company AppNexus Bans Breitbart News Over Hate Speech 434
Mark Zuckerberg Announces Facebook Will Fight Fake News -- Next To An Ad With Fake News 149
Google To Prohibit Fake News Websites From Using Its Ad-Selling Software 294
Charter Customer Sues Over Hidden Fees, Claims 'Massive Billing Fraud' 96
Google Safe Browsing Adds 'Repeat Offender' Category 18
Facebook Users Sue Over Alleged Racial Discrimination In Housing, Job Ads 177
Instagram's New Shoppable Photos Are a Glimpse At Its E-Commerce Future 11
Serious Hacks Possible Through Inaudible Ultrasound 109
'Robocall Strike Force' Proposal Could Stop Caller ID Spoofing 97
Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users By Race 197
More NFL Players Attack Microsoft's $400M Surface Deal With The NFL 236
Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban On Personally Identifiable Web Tracking 155
Facebook Bans Animated Breast Cancer Awareness Video Showing Circle-Shaped Breasts 99
Ken Bone May Have Violated FTC Guidelines With Uber Tweet 95
Yahoo Patents Smart Billboard That Would Deliver Targeted Ads To Passersby or Motorists 131
A Spotify Ad Slipped Malware Onto PCs and Macs 96
FCC Proposal: Internet Providers Must Ask To Share Your Data 83
12-Year-Old Boy Gets $100K Bill From Google After Confusing Adwords With Adsense 140
4chan Is Running Out of Money and Martin Shkreli Wants To Buy It 254
Blizzard Is Getting Rid of the Battle.net Name 31
Samsung Stops Airing Galaxy Note 7 Commercials, Preps Early Launch of Galaxy S8 86
New York Fines Viacom, Mattel and Hasbro For Tracking Kids Online 49
ClixSense Suffers Massive Data Breach, 6.6 Million Users Compromised 16
Microsoft To Kill The Lumia Brand In Favor of a New Surface Phone, Says Report 177
Ask Slashdot: What Are Anonymous Ways To Pay For Goods and Services? 212
Richard Stallman: Online Publishers Should Let Readers Pay Anonymously 160
Creators Call Out YouTube For Demonetizing Videos 193
Lawsuit Accuses Warriors' Mobile App of Eavesdropping On Fans -- Even When Not In Use 60
C Programming Language Hits a 15-Year Low On The TIOBE Index 232
US Unveils Charges Against KickassTorrents, Names Two More Defendants 110
Fake Google Salesmen Are Actually SEO Telemarketers 105
How SSL/TLS Encryption Hides Malware 87
Malware That Fakes Bank Login Screens Found In Google Ads 120
Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business 88
One Year in Jail For Abusive Silicon Valley CEO 287
Facebook Rolls Out Code To Nullify Adblock Plus' Workaround 426
Man Becomes 'Accidental Millionaire' After Jet.com's Sale To Walmart 43
Suicide Squad Fan Suing Studio For 'False Advertising' Over Lack of Joker Scenes 260
Google: Unwanted Software Is Worse Than Malware 149
Malvertising Campaign Infected Thousands of Users Per Day For More Than a Year 135
Google Tests Ads That Load Faster and Use Less Power 118
Spotify Is Now Selling Your Information To Advertisers 107
McDonald's 'Make Burger History' Site Hijacked With Offensive Burger Ideas 192
China Bans Ad Blocking 126
Microsoft Store Offers Free Laptop If They Can't Upgrade Your PC To Windows 10 126
Ashley Madison Admits It Lured Customers With 70,000 Fake 'Fembots' 92
Google Offers Free 4-Month Play Music Trial Subscription For July 4th 45
ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Computer Fraud and Abuse Act 76
Google's My Activity Reveals How Much It Knows About You 114
You Could Be Paid To Post Snapchat Selfies With Products, Patent Filing Suggests 22
HTML5 Ads Aren't That Safe Compared To Flash, Experts Say 108
Advertiser That Tracked Around 100M Phone Users Without Consent Pays $950,000 31
Interview With A Craigslist Scammer 241
74% of Netflix Subscribers Would Rather Cancel Their Subscription Than See Ads 316
BuzzFeed Ends $1.3M Advertising Deal With RNC Over Donald Trump 403
Supreme Court Rejects Google Appeal In Class Action Dispute From Advertisers 17
Password App Developer Overlooks Security Hole to Preserve Ads 96
Snapchat Secretly Acquires Seene, A Startup That Lets Mobile Users Make 3D Selfies 20
Microsoft Will Stop Spamming Android Users With Office Ads In The Notification Tray 110
Smartphone Surveillance Tech Used To Target Anti-Abortion Ads At Pregnant Women 260
Scott Walker Rents Out Email and Donor Lists To Pay Campaign Debt 113
Amazon "Invades" College Campus With Media Center 59
Google Bans Ads For Payday Loans 134
Sue Googe Uses Google's Font To Run For US Congress 179
Netflix Cuts Out Over 6 Days Of Commercials From Your Life Per Year, Compared To Cable TV 127
Opera Launches 'Free And Unlimited' VPN App For iOS 23
Ask Slashdot: Should I Expect Tracking When Subscribing To News Sites? 206
DuckDuckGo Is Giving Away $225,000 To Support Open Source Projects 62
Apple Loses Exclusive Rights To 'iPhone' Trademark For Non-Smartphone Products In China 89
China Probes Baidu Over False Medical Ads After Student Dies 41
In Internet Age, Pirate Radio Arises As Surprising Challenge 157
Uber Will Pay $100 Million To Settle Suits With Drivers Seeking Employee Status 83
Why Movie Trailers Now Begin With Five-Second Ads For Themselves 97
Changes Are Coming To the EU's Cookie Directive, But It's Not Going Away 120
Verizon and Hearst Team Up To Buy Complex Media 22
Badlock Vulnerability Falls Flat Against Hype 21
Uber To Pay Up To $25 Million For Misleading Advertising In California 98
HP's New Logo Is the Awesome One It Never Used 154
Microsoft Trials Outlook Premium For $4 Per Month, With No Ads and Custom Domains 108
Microsoft Denies Edge Is Getting A Native Ad Blocker 62
FCC Proposes New Restrictions On How Broadband Providers Share Data 23
Using Adblock Plus to Block Ads is Legal, Rules German Court -- For the Fifth Time 237
CNBC Just Collected Your Password and Shared It With Marketers 143
Slashdot Asks: Should NPR Stop Promoting Its Own Podcasts and NPR One App On Air? 143
Starboard Launches Proxy Fight To Remove Entire Yahoo Board 136
A Look Inside Apple's User Data Utilization Wars 67
FTC Warns Android App Developers About Use of Audio-Tracking Code 81
McAfee Uses Web Beacons That Can Be Used To Track Users, Serve Advertising 73
Malvertising Campaign Hits MSN, NY Times, BBC, AOL 159
YouTube Shows Adblock Plus Users an Error Message Instead of Ads 205
Patch Tuesday Brought Windows 10 Ad Generator 490
Opera Introduces Native Adblocking, 45% Faster Than Chrome With Adblock Plus 100
Google Is Testing Self-Promotion Ads On Search Results 45
UK Gov't Launches Anti-Adblocking Initiative, Compares It To Piracy 317
Porn-Clicker Android Malware Hits Google Play Hard 47
Adblock Plus Comes (Somewhat) Clean About How Acceptable Ads Work 218
Windows 10 Now Showing Full Screen Ads On Lock Screen 599
Google, Yahoo Cry About Ad-Blocking 707
Google Cleans Up Search Results By Ditching Sidebar Ads 105
Mobile Giant Three Group To Block Online Advertising 94
Why Stack Overflow Doesn't Care About Ad Blockers 287
Google Display Ads Going All-HTML, Will Ban Flash In 2017 84
Adblock Fast Returns To Google Play a Week After Being Pulled 53
Wired To Block Ad-Blocking Users, Offer Subscription 675
Adblock Plus Maker Seeks Deal With Ad Industry Players 356
Samsung's AdBlock Fast Removed From the Play Store 167
Online Ad Czar Berates Adblockers As Freedom-Hating 'Mafia' 539
German Court: "Sharing" Your Amazon Purchases Is Spamming 195
DOJ and 4 States Want $24 Billion In Fines From Dish Network For Telemarketing 117
Google Says It Killed 780 Million 'Bad Ads' In 2015 92
Former Mozilla CEO Launches Security-Centric Browser Brave 223
Adblock Plus Blocked From Attending Online Ad Industry's Big Annual Conference 442
Forbes Asks Readers To Disable Adblock, Serves Up Malvertising 406
Malvertising Campaign Used a Free Certificate From Let's Encrypt 123