Don’t advertise next to violence, explicit content, or hate speech. Brand safety used to be about simple avoidance. In 2025...
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...
Balancing AI Innovation with Brand Safety in Marketing
by Victor Mills on Nov 22, 2024 3:02:07 PM
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries, with marketing poised to benefit significantly from its transformative...
Zefr uses AI to battle Misinformation
by Victor Mills on Oct 18, 2024 8:00:00 AM
The battle against misinformation and disinformation is a longstanding topic of concern and discussion for brand safety...
5 Insights on Brand Safety, Suitability, and Responsible Media
by Brand Safety Institute on Mar 22, 2022 6:00:00 AM
There’s no shortage of data to make it clear that disinformation presents a very real guilty-by-association threat to...
MMA launches Brand Safety and Suitability Strategy Guide
by Victor Mills on Dec 15, 2021 10:30:00 AM
A powerful new tool has made its debut in the arena of brand safety. This resource will greatly assist advertisers and brand...
Media Quality, Social Responsibility, and the Evolution of Brand Safety
by Brand Safety Institute on Aug 11, 2021 6:55:54 PM
In a new white paper, Louis Jones, Brand Safety Officer in Residence, set out to get a pulse on where we as an ecosystem...
Louis Jones featured in AdWeek
by Jeremy Spitzberg on Mar 18, 2021 1:58:37 PM
Louis Jones, currently Brand Safety Officer (BSO) in Residence, and former evp of media & data practices for the 4A's, was...
A Brand Safety Conversation, part two
by Brand Safety Institute on Nov 16, 2020 7:45:00 AM
Earlier this year, the Brand Safety Institute has created the position ofBrand Safety Officer in Residenceto, "help design...
A Brand Safety Conversation, part one
by Brand Safety Institute on Nov 9, 2020 9:44:34 AM
Earlier this year, the Brand Safety Institute has created the position of Brand Safety Officer in Residence to, "help design...