As part of a settlement in a US lawsuit, Meta has agreed to pay over $17bn in penalties and to make substantial changes to how its platforms operate to reduce teen harms. It is calling on TikTok and YouTube to do the same.

The ASA Public Awareness Campaign has been running since 2022, with Netflix and Waitrose joining as the latest media owners to donate inventory.

Lawyers for WPP said they would ‘address the deficienies’ in Foster’s amended complaint in a forthcoming filing, but asked that the ‘salacious’ and ‘muckracking’ evidence submitted by Foster be sealed for good cause.

A new legal filing by a former WPP executive claims Sony independently investigated the holding group’s proprietary media trading activity, finding evidence WPP wrongly retained $350m in client rebates. 

Analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit adds to concerns that national newspapers are failing to link this summer’s extreme weather to climate change and the net-zero policies necessary to mitigate its drastic effects.

In a year, a ‘majority’ of independent publishers could go out of business due to the rise of AI search. But publishers have developed multi-layered approaches to adapting while also taking on Big Tech.

Meta’s Derya Matras discusses her reaction to social media bans for under-16s and answers questions relating to harmful platform design, ad fraud, automating media and creative work, and the future of smart glasses.

Trust was a major topic along the Croisette this year, but more conversation is needed about whether chasing attention at any cost is harming the industry’s relationship with the public. 

The 20th anniversary release of TouchPoints finds a paradox: Users are concerned with misinformation on social media, but choose to engage with it for hours a day anyway.

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.