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98% of Fake CTV Traces Back to One Source: Mobile Apps

When CTV inventory turns out to be fake, mobile app-classified inventory is almost always where it's hiding. Peer39's benchmark data shows that approximately 98% of Fake CTV volume originates from mobile app-classified inventory, accounting for...

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Political Categories That Actually Matter in 2026

"Political content" is not one category. Treating it like one is the same mistake as keyword blocking, just one level up. A campaign attack ad, a...

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What "safe, human, viewable" leaves out of ad verification

Three checkmarks confirm an impression isn't disqualified. They don't confirm it's right Most verification reports boil down to three checkmarks:...

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Most Brand Safety Vendors Are Guessing When it Comes to CTV

Brand safety tools were built for the open web, where pages tend to have text. A crawler reads the words on a given page, matches them against a...

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Why Keyword Blocking Fails in Political Cycles

A blocklist cannot tell the difference between a news story about a policy fight and an op-ed arguing one side of it. Both use the same words. In a...

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Brand Suitability vs. Safety: Why Verification Isn't Always Enough

Why verification alone isn't brand suitability Passing a safety check and fitting a brand's context are two different questions Most ad verification...

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The 2026 back-to-school shopper isn't one audience. It's four, in the same bidstream.

BTS retail is projected to hit $85.4 billion in 2026, up 3.3% year over year, and back-to-college has crossed $100 billion for the first time. Behind...

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Stop blocking all mobile gaming apps. Start excluding the right ones.

Blocking "gaming" from a mobile app campaign feels like a safe default. It's also one of the most common blind spots in mobile in-app buying today....

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