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Facebook wants to know why you hate specific adverts
Facebook’s not happy to just let us hide ads anymore; now it wants to know why we hid a given ad so it can purge newsfeeds of super-cruddy ads. 
Google grapples anew with EC in the search/advertising antitrust swamp
The EC’s poked the sleeping dragon, yet again reopening a four-year antitrust investigation that puts Google in the hot seat. The surprise move comes after rivals fumed loud and hard about getting unfairly shut out in the most recent settlement. This time, Android may be up for investigation, too. 
How will you pay for the internet of the future?
In this, the 25th year anniversary of the invention of the World Wide Web, the man who claims to have invented the pop-up ad and gave rise to an economy of surveillance has apologized, said that the consequences were unforeseen, and invited the world’s citizens to re-imagine a different web. 
Facebook to let advertisers see where you’re surfing
Like many services already do, Facebook’s now going to mix in our browsing histories with the advertising stew. It’s also introducing a tool that lets us see (and edit) the dossiers they keep on us, so we can finally get a glimpse into why they think we like what they seem to think we like. 
Our online advertising model fails have put us all in danger
Why hand over hard-earned cash for something when we can get the same thing for free? It seems like a no-brainer, but our unwillingness to pay for things directly has led the internet into a dark and dangerous corner where a dependence on advertising is putting our privacy and security on the line.
Google and Facebook join forces to take down fake tech support scammers
Web giants Google and Facebook are striking back against tech support scammers who use the companies’ ad networks to snag victims.