Digital analyst Esther Paniagua warns chatbots create information prisons as platforms capture revenue from publishers, threatening journalism and democracy.

New global study shows advertisers waste spend on narrow demographic while ignoring valuable 55+ audiences. Brand safety filters block engaged listeners across five markets.

Gracenote expands On Sports platform with documentary linking and athlete imagery as viewing minutes surge 260% since 2021, targeting deeper fan engagement beyond live games.

Google allows Authorized Buyers to promote prescription drugs without certification starting January 2026, departing from Google Ads requirements.

YouTube integrates Nano Banana, Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash image editing model, into Posts feature for creators in four countries starting December 2025.

Amazon DSP introduces content exclusion categories enabling advertisers to block specific topics across Twitch and third-party inventory through unified controls.

Amazon replaced Brand Store quality ratings with sales-based scoring on December 12, 2025, abandoning engagement metrics for revenue attribution.

TikTok partnered with NIQ for a two-year marketing mix modeling study revealing Romanian beauty brands dramatically underinvest in the platform while achieving superior ROI efficiency.

Cloudflare's 2025 analysis reveals AI bots originated 4.2% of HTML requests while global internet traffic expanded 19%, with post-quantum encryption reaching 52% adoption.

YouTube redesigns television playback interface with repositioned controls, new description button, and improved subscriber experience across TV screens.

France's data protection authority fined Israeli marketing platform Optimove €1 million on December 11, 2025, for systematic GDPR violations affecting 9.8 million French users in a breach exposing Deezer customer data.

John Lewis achieved the highest visibility in ChatGPT's shopping recommendations this Christmas, outranking over 1,000 retailers as artificial intelligence transforms how consumers discover products.

When did Meta update Quick Views? It was originally for saved searches, but now it includes columns, sorting, breakdowns, and attribution.

Google filed a December 19 lawsuit against SerpApi for scraping search results, yet the company scrapes billions of web pages for AI training without compensation.

China releases comprehensive pricing regulations for internet platforms requiring PIPL compliance for behavioral pricing by April 2026.

Investigation reveals Honey collected data from children despite policy claims, while systematically leaking private discount codes from small businesses without consent.

NBC News investigation reveals AI-generated recipes produce hazardous results as Google displays untested content using stolen photos from publishers.

IAB Europe's December 2025 report reveals digital advertising's social impact remains fragmented and unmeasured, threatening media plurality and journalism funding.

ACCC releases comprehensive AI industry snapshot on December 17, warning of consumer risks from agentic systems, fake reviews, and privacy-degrading practices across platforms.

AI washing research reveals systematic exaggeration of artificial intelligence capabilities creating consumer mistrust cycles that threaten brand credibility across marketing.