European regulators have launched an investigation into a clandestine advertising arrangement between Google in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) that reportedly circumvented Google’s own advertising policies for minors. What Happened: The European Commission is delving into advertising campaigns that promoted Instagram to teenagers on YouTube. In October, regulators requested Alphabet, Google’s par…

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Singapore

Brussels probes Google-Meta secret ads deal targeting teens, FT reports

European Commission authorities have been investigating a series of advertising campaigns promoting Instagram to these young people on YouTube.

Autoridades da Comissão Europeia têm investigado uma série de campanhas publicitárias promovendo o Instagram para esses jovens no YouTube

FT: Bruxelas investiga acordo secreto de anúncios do Google e Meta para atingir adolescentes

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Roberto Irineu Marinho

Brazil

FT: Brussels investigates secret Google and Meta ad deal to target teenagers

European regulators have asked Google for more information about a secret advertising partnership with Meta, which ignored the search company's own rules on how minors should be treated online, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.Officials have been looking into a series of ad campaigns promoting soci

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New York

United States

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Bericht: Meta und Google wegen Werbung im Visier der EU

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Vienna

Austria

Report: Meta and Google in the EU's sights because of advertising

Advertisements on YouTube may have improperly promoted Instagram among young people.

A YouTube-on futó reklámok szabálytalanul népszerűsíthették az Instagramot a fiatalok körében.

Tizenéveseket célzó reklámkampányt tervezhetett a Google és a Meta, vizsgálódik az Európai Bizottság

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Google and Meta may have planned an advertising campaign targeting teenagers, the European Commission is investigating

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California

Sources: in October 2024, EU regulators asked Google for more information on its secret ads deal with Meta which skirted Google's own rules for targeting minors

Google broke its own rules and allowed Instagram ads to be posted on YouTube.

A Google a saját szabályait is áthágva engedett közzétenni Instagram-hirdetéseket a YouTube-on.

Tinédzsereket célzó titkos Google–Meta-megállapodást vizsgál az Európai Bizottság

Heti Világgazdaság

Hungary

The European Commission is investigating a secret Google-Meta agreement targeting teenagers

Ads targeted under 18s, a banned practice.

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Verizon Communications

EU digs further into Google and Meta's secret ad campaign targeting minors

Google is said to have circumvented its own rules for advertising to young people for Instagram campaigns. The EU Commission is now taking a closer look.

Google soll für Instagram-Kampagnen eigene Regeln für Werbung bei Jugendlichen umgangen haben. Die EU-Kommission schaut nun genauer hin.

Werbung für Jugendliche: EU nimmt Google und Meta unter die Lupe

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Germany

Advertising for young people: EU takes a closer look at Google and Meta

(Reuters) -European regulators have asked Google for more information about its now-scrapped secret advertising partnership with Instagram-parent Meta Platforms that ignored the search company’s rules on how minors should be treated online, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. An FT investigation revealed in August how Google helped Meta in a secret marketing project targeting 13- to 17-year-olds who use YouTube, owned by Google-parent Alpha…

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