Balancing Impact & Trust

by Victor Mills on Nov 17, 2025 1:40:10 PM

Balancing trust and impact in the age of AI and social is tricky. When inventory decisions occur at machine pace, even small misclassifications can snowball into brand-unsafe placements, PR problems, or compliance gaps. We need to catch up.
For advertisers and ad-tech leaders, the rapid ascent of artificial intelligence has opened a new frontier of promise, and risk. The advertising ecosystem could inadvertently find themselves in hot water when they simply intended to move business forward...
Are we trading in brand suitability for brand sustainability in the near future? The answer is important. What began as an industry-wide effort to keep ads away from the internet’s darkest corners has since evolved into a highly politicized dilemma.
As new formats, social platforms, and programmatic ecosystems emerge - the conversation around brand safety continues to shift. Our goal should not be to over correct or sanitize the web, but to build systems that are consistent and context aware.
Meta releases brand suitability tools for Facebook and Instagram feeds, based on GARM suitability framework.
TikTok has launched the Inventory Filter tool in the Ad Manager tool that allows advertiser to select which types of content best align with their brands.
Industry organizations have released guidelines in support of diverse media suppliers. The guidelines follow similar guidance published for buyers in May.
The Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) has issued a release with suggestions to help brands navigate brand suitability during this time of war.
Trust, shared standards, and industry needs. These concepts are at the forefront of the evolution of brand safety. BSI and partners like TAG, Tiktok, and Oracle Advertising are taking on the challenge of analyzing and discussing a wide range of data and...
MMA launches Brand Safety and Suitability Strategy Guide New tool for marketers to help create a brand safety framework