Major tech companies have been slammed as “pirates” in Australia as the artificial intelligence (AI) boom continues. Amazon, Google, and Meta were in the firing line as a Senate inquiry probed how Australian data is used.
The Australian inquiry is about adopting artificial intelligence and the impacts and opportunities it could present.
Social media has become a huge part of day-to-day life, with a recent study finding that adults in the UK spend a daily average of four hours 20 minutes online.
The study, published by Ofcom the regulator for communication services in the UK, shows people are now spending a high amount of time online.
“Young adults spent the most time online, with 18-24-year-olds spending a daily average of 6 hours 1 minute online, and those aged 65+ spending the least time online (3 hours 10 minutes).”
How the UK compares to the US
While the statistics out of the UK sound high, it’s worse in the U.
As Google updates its ads policy, it finally lifts the ban and allows social casino game app campaigns to run on its platform.
This is due to the company removing social casinos from its restricted ‘Gambling,’ sensitive interest category, so adverts for social casinos will now be able to appear on web pages.
The ads will be allowed to run from December 4, with advertisers able to gain the ability to personalize online social casino game app ads by the end of March 2025.
This announcement came through an update on Google Support, with the November 2024 change now visible within the ads policy.
“Specifically, the Gambling in personalized ads sensitive interest category will be updated to explicitly exclude social casino game App campaigns.