On an otherwise unremarkable day of the week, the world blinked. Amazon Web Services went dark. For hours, companies from...
The Precarious State of Brand Safety and Trust
by Victor Mills on Oct 27, 2025 8:00:02 AM
Brand safety has consistently been a challenge. Recently, however, there are clear signs that it has never been more...
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...
AI - The Next Economic Boom or the Next Tech Bubble?
by Victor Mills on Sep 1, 2025 1:29:46 PM
For advertisers and ad-tech leaders, the rapid ascent of artificial intelligence has opened a new frontier of promise - and...
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...
Rethinking Brand Safety in the Age of AI
by Victor Mills on Aug 11, 2025 9:00:00 AM
For much of its history, brand safety has been treated like a moat, a protective layer keeping bad content and bad optics at...
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,...
AI, Accountability, and Assurance - Getting it Right
by Victor Mills on Jun 11, 2025 11:57:22 AM
As AI-powered ad tech advances, platforms, providers, and brands are racing to show they can both scale their current...
