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AT& T to resume advertising on YouTube

Erika Beras Jan 21, 2019
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AT& T to resume advertising on YouTube

Erika Beras Jan 21, 2019
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AT&T has announced it’s putting ads back on YouTube. A couple of years ago, the telecom giant pulled their ads off the platform because of concerns that its messages were running alongside videos containing hate speech or touting terrorism. AT&T says it’s satisfied that the Google-owned platform has improved screening of video content. So what’s changed, and are other advertisers are likely to follow suit?

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