The conversation around brand safety is no longer confined to adjacency or keyword blocking. As 2026 approaches, it is...
The Invisible Backbone: Why Digital Infrastructure Defines Modern Stability
by Victor Mills on Oct 30, 2025 7:59:59 AM
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...
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...
Brand Safety or Suitability in the Age of AI?
by Victor Mills on Jul 28, 2025 12:48:52 PM
Brand safety isn’t what it used to be. Not hyperbole, but a diagnosis after which chaos ensues, making it hard to nail down...
Brand Safety and the Fight for Effectiveness
by Victor Mills on Jul 21, 2025 9:00:00 AM
There is a new fault line in advertising - it’s brand safety - and it has become one of the most politically charged issues...
Brand Safety is Now a Double-Edged Sword
by Victor Mills on Jul 3, 2025 1:46:56 PM
The recent FTC-imposed restrictions on Omnicom’s $13.5 billion merger with IPG signal how complicated the brand safety...
