In the long-forgotten era of appointment television, broadcast viewers had no choice but to let commercials interrupt the show. Videocassette recorders liberated us in the ’80s with their novel power ...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post, but I review all tech with the same critical eye. We the users want honest online shopping experiences and some common-sense limits on ads that ...

More than a decade after it acquired WhatsApp, Meta will begin showing ads within the app.

The ad has run 795 times this month, costing Terry nearly $200,000, according to data provided to The Washington Post by AdImpact, an ad-tracking platform. It’s a small fraction of the more than ...

The media watchdog alleges that the government probe is retaliation and violates its First Amendment rights. Media Matters ...

The other ad set to air during this year’s game shows the crash that killed a 50-year-old father in 2019 when his Tesla drove under a semi-truck trailer and the moment a Tesla blew through a ...

For tens of millions of Americans still unsure about taking coronavirus vaccine shots, advertising industry experts and government scientists have a new message: “It’s Up to You.” That ...

Is your phone listening to you? Yeah, but probably not to target ads. The specifics of the theory that your phone is eavesdropping probably aren’t true, but the paranoia is justified.

SAN FRANCISCO — Democrats are massively outspending Republicans on internet campaign ads but one social network is a notable exception: X, owned by Elon Musk, who has increasingly used the ...

Make it stop! How to handle that one streaming ad playing on repeat. It’s not your imagination. The problem of seeing the same ad over and over is getting worse.

As explained on that shiny new portal, Facebook keeps ads “useful and relevant” in four distinct ways. It tracks your on-site activity, such as the pages you like and the ads you click, and ...