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YouTube isn’t social media. So why is it being banned?

YouTube isn’t social media. So why is it being banned?

26 Jun 2026 | Charles Haynes

Why is YouTube likely to be included in any UK social media ban for under-16s? The MD of Ziggurat XYZ looks at the evidence.

CMA requires Google to let publishers opt out of AI search results
CMA requires Google to let publishers opt out of AI search results
03 Jun 2026 | Jack Benjamin
AI-driven advertising to account for one-third of digital adspend by 2030, IAB UK forecasts
AI-driven advertising to account for one-third of digital adspend by 2030, IAB UK forecasts
02 Jun 2026 | Jack Benjamin
Google launches AI marketing assistant as it expands search and agentic commerce advertising options
Google launches AI marketing assistant as it expands search and agentic commerce advertising options
20 May 2026 | Jack Benjamin
How outcomes measurement has changed the CMO-CFO relationship – with Nimmi Shah and Sameer Modha
How outcomes measurement has changed the CMO-CFO relationship – with Nimmi Shah and Sameer Modha
11 May 2026 | Jack Benjamin
Is AI accelerating Google, Meta and Amazon’s dominance? Takeaways from Big Tech’s Q1
Is AI accelerating Google, Meta and Amazon’s dominance? Takeaways from Big Tech’s Q1
01 May 2026 | Jack Benjamin

‘Are we monetising addiction?’ Ad industry faces reckoning following social media addiction lawsuit verdict

27 Mar 2026 | Jack Benjamin

Meta and Google have been found liable for a woman’s harmful social media addiction. Is an additional harm the business logic that values the attention advertisers want to monetise?

Havas Media Network UK clients enrolled in sustainability model. A step forward or a dead end?

28 Jan 2026 | Ellie Hammonds

Analysis: The opt-out model marks a significant step forward, however, scratching beneath the surface there are concerns the scheme doesn’t go far enough.

IAB launches measurement advisory board in push for measurement solutions

22 Jan 2026 | Ellie Hammonds

The board features the likes of Google, Meta, WPP, TikTok and Mail Metro Media and signals a push to address digital measurement challenges.

The Brief – Monday 15 December – Reddit challenges Australia’s social ban, Trump signs AI order, Disney accuses Google and more

15 Dec 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

Welcome to the Brief for Monday 15 December, The Media Leader’s round-up of media news.

The Brief – Wednesday 10 December – EU investigates Google, Gemini will have ads, WPP wins UK government media account and more

10 Dec 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

Welcome to the Brief for Wednesday 10 December, The Media Leader’s round-up of media news.

The Brief – Friday 5 December: TikTok’s AI problem, Havas Play acquisition, Gemini in search

05 Dec 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

The brief – The Media Leader’s daily round-up of media news.

The Brief – Wednesday 3 December – Apple’s Head of AI steps down, a win for journalists at Politico, Warner Bros. Discovery sale nears close and more

03 Dec 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

The brief – The Media Leader’s daily round-up of media news.

Big tech gets bigger

10 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Revenue grew in the double-figures for the likes of Big Tech companies Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon, as well as smaller social media competitors Snap, Pinterest and Reddit.

A battle plan for publishers in the war against AI search

13 Oct 2025 | Kamran Vahabi

How publishers can insulate themselves against AI search by leveraging content in new, more powerful ways.

Google designated with ‘strategic market status’ by UK Competition and Markets Authority

10 Oct 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

The decision offers confirmation of Google’s market power and enables the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to consider and implement proportionate intervention measures to ensure fair competition and treatment of businesses who rely on Google.

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