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ED takes note of leading dailies for ‘surrogate ads’ of illegal betting platforms ‘preying’ on users

Thousands falling victim to misleading promotion, often by celebs, through QR codes with the ads, ostensibly of sporting merchandise brands but redirecting to betting platforms, sources say.

Digital Competition Bill can stifle opportunities for MSMEs while aiming for a fairer market

A fundamental flaw of the DCB is that it conflates advertisers, publishers, and third-party ad solution providers as a single entity under the umbrella term ‘advertising services’.

YouTube okayed ads with polls disinfo, report finds. ‘Ads withdrawn before our checks,’ says platform

Access Now & Global Witness, as part of an investigation, sent YouTube dummy ads with content about voter suppression, and misleading information on voting age, ahead of India's LS polls.

Criticism, kindness, complaints—ThePrint readers don’t hold back. And we don’t want them to

Complaints are the most common feature of readers’ mail. Much of this mail is still stuck on the same issue of partisanship—this suggests that we haven't moved on from historical resentments.

Ranveer Singh-Johnny Sins ad has an unlikely hero—women’s pleasure

The tone of the ad marks a departure from the conventional landscape of sexual wellness advertisements. To watch a woman talking about sexual dissatisfaction is new.

Meta looks at $14 monthly plan for ad-free Instagram, Facebook in EU, reports WSJ

Under the plan, Meta would charge roughly 10 euros ($10.46) a month on a desktop for a Facebook or Instagram account.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.