In late 2021, Zefr commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate the current state of video advertising and brand suitability, uncovering valuable insights into how marketers are currently approaching brand safety and brand suitability. This much needed study, The Maturation of Brand Suitability, covers the evolution of brand safety and suitability and features insights from over 325 […]

TikTok Brand Safety and Suitability Measurement by Zefr FAQ What is it? TikTok and Zefr have partnered to launch a post-campaign brand safety and brand suitability measurement solution on TikTok. Why have you partnered with Zefr? Zefr is a trusted technology provider for brand suitability and brand safety for video platforms, with a track record […]

In order to promote sound brand-safety and suitability practices, the 4A’s Advertiser Protection Bureau has created the APB Brand Safety Self-Assessment Guide – a 57-question, self-paced exam covering the following topics: Brand Safety & Suitability Risk Tolerance Fraud & Piracy Third-Party Verification Search Marketing Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) Streaming & Connected TV (CTV) […]

Today, the 4A’s Advertiser Protection Bureau (APB) is issuing a pledge of support from its members for third-party measurement & evaluations on every single ad impression. The advertising industry is in a constant battle to build and regain trust for its clients and the industry itself.  Every stakeholder in the ecosystem has a role to […]

Nielsen announced this week its approach to eliminate its reliance on digital identifiers and ensure that advertisers and publishers can continue to measure confidently in a dynamic, privacy-first media environment. With its new approach to measuring authenticated and unauthenticated web traffic, Nielsen will become the leading platform to validate first-party server data with real consumer […]

  Featured in Adweek here   The proliferation of misinformation and disinformation poses significant threats to both advertisers and society. The 4A’s Advertiser Protection Bureau (APB) has turned its attention towards the intractable twinned issues of misinformation and disinformation, in the whitepaper, Misinformation/Disinformation in Focus released today. A global, cross-industry group has assembled not only […]

Read original MediaPost article here:     While companies have spent the last few months scrambling to add diversity to their marketing efforts, new research from Getty Images shows that when it comes to visuals, consumers have very different ideas about inclusivity than your typical art director. Nearly 80% of the people Getty polled around […]

As a service to our members, the 4A’s Media, Tech and Data team has assembled an overview of major social platforms’ ad and content policies – specifically those policies concerning Hate Speech/Organizations, Violence, Misinformation and Disinformation, and Political Advertising.  It is our hope that the overview will provide a measure of clarity and coherence, especially […]

Local News Inclusion List of Publishers – This downloadable CSV of this list is for advertising buying purposes of local news websites in targets DMA’s in the U.S. Any buyer using this list should use appropriate MRC accredited vendors for audience and ad delivery verification. Access and approval is granted by the Local Media Consortium […]

Read the full article and watch the video here   At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many brands started running away from advertising in news publications, or using brand safety tools’ keyword blocking features to dodge coronavirus-related inventory. But one of the world’s largest ad agency groups is now the latest to say they […]

GroupM’s Joe Barone, Managing Partner Brand Safety Americas, World Federation of Advertisers’ Rob Rakowitz, Initiative Lead, Global Alliance for Responsible Media, and Publicis Media Exchange’s Yale Cohen, Executive Vice President, Global Activation Standards join IAB Tech Lab’s Amit Shetty, Senior Director, Product to discuss brand safety and suitability.   View the full video here

  In an effort to promote reliable and accurate journalism, Ad Fontes Media has created the Media Bias Chart, which scores media outlets on two axes: Reliability and Bias.  Reliability scores are on a scale of 0-64; scores above 24 are generally acceptable, and scores above 32 are generally good.  Bias scores are on a […]