On an otherwise unremarkable day of the week, the world blinked. Amazon Web Services went dark. For hours, companies from...
Brand Relevance is the Key to Brand Safe Content
by Victor Mills on Oct 17, 2025 2:14:38 PM
Brand safety was born out of frustration. In its early days brand safety grew out of rampant fraudulent impressions and the...
Building the Best Defense in Uncertain Times
by Victor Mills on Oct 2, 2025 1:00:39 PM
Don’t advertise next to violence, explicit content, or hate speech. Brand safety used to be about simple avoidance. In 2025...
Social Media Restrictions and Lessons Learned from Nepal’s Unrest
by Victor Mills on Sep 16, 2025 12:35:11 PM
When the Nepalese government abruptly blocked most major social media platforms in September 2025, the world witnessed a...
Online Safety for Youth: A Chasm of Alarming Proportions
by Victor Mills on Aug 20, 2025 6:10:18 PM
Recent research from the Molly Rose Foundation (UK) underscores just how pervasive harmful content remains on key social...
Brand Safety in an Age of Constrained Optionality
by Victor Mills on Jul 11, 2025 10:46:32 AM
In 2025 the increasingly surreal media concept of brand safety, once an industry consensus-driven shield against...
Cannes 2025: AI, Authenticity, and the ROI of Responsibility
by AJ Brown on Jun 25, 2025 2:48:49 PM
Cannes this year was dominated by big bets on retail media and the continued evolution of CTV, with platforms like Amazon,...
Brand Safety 2025 – Sorting through the Labyrinth of Confusion
by Victor Mills on Feb 14, 2025 9:00:00 AM
Brand safety has reached a new level of focus in 2025 – and it is rife with questions. While much of the conversation...
Unifying in Divisive Times
by Victor Mills on Feb 6, 2025 2:04:47 PM
The need for transparency and adaptability has never been more critical to brand safety, whether a company policy, dedicated...
Avoiding Overcorrection: Balancing Brand Safety
by Victor Mills on Sep 23, 2024 8:00:00 AM
The conversation around brand safety has become more urgent, with advertisers increasingly concerned about where their ads...
