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The Stack: Epic Games pay $520m FTC settlement, Google and Meta lose US digital ad majority

This week: Epic Games pay $520m FTC settlement, Google and Meta lose US digital ad majority

Regulation continued to make the headlines this week;  Epic Games agreed to pay a settlement of $520m over a variety of allegations regarding privacy and payment violations, while the European Commission has warned Meta over a breach of EU antitrust laws.

Elsewhere, Google and Meta face losing their majority in the US digital advertising market for the first time since 2014, and Elon Musk’s attempt to run Twitter via public polls seems to have backfired, as he was seemingly voted out of his CEO role.

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John joined ExchangeWire in March 2022 as Head of Content. John leads ExchangeWire’s editorial team, and his responsibilities include the curation and development of original content across the portfolio of written, visual and audio content for ExchangeWire’s global audience, as well as the ATS event series. Before joining ExchangeWire, John spent five years at The Guardian in roles across editorial, marketing and events. He worked closely with clients in the ad tech space on sponsored content strategies. His career has also taken in spells at Culture Trip, CMC Markets and most recently at a startup creative agency, giving him extensive experience in creating and managing high-quality content across all channels and formats.

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