It might now be too late for online advertising to escape outside intervention. The Federal Trade Commission wants a "Do-Not-Track" program for online advertising, saying the industry has moved too slow.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
FTC Wants Do-Not-Track for Online Ads
Any industry can run into consumer issues that are troublesome from a business perspective, and can lead to problems from a legal or regulatory perspective. It isn't yet clear whether the online advertising industry has done enough, or can do enough, to self police itself before outside intervention occurs.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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