Last July, a group of companies connected to SoFi Stadium sued to block Inglewood’s agreement with WOW Media to build billboards, kiosks, displays and other signage bordering Hollywood Park—a 300-acre development that includes SoFi Stadium, YouTube Theater and numerous businesses and residences.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
13 Jan. 2026
This is the phrase on billboards and signs that have popped up in major cities around the world over the past 48 hours.
In November, Rolling Stone reported that Spotify had received $74,000 from the Department of Homeland Security to run their advertisements, while Google and YouTube were paid $3 million on Spanish-language advertising promoting self-deportation, according to Equis data.
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Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
An industry source told Rolling Stone at the time that Spotify had received $74,000 from DHS to run its advertisements.
Since their inception, social media companies have implemented protective measures for users such as filtering bullying comments and enabling minors to opt out of seeing personalized ads.
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Gili Malinsky,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
Instead, the government attorneys and deputy sheriffs’ association spent about $625,000 on digital ads and mailers featuring county Sheriff Bob Jonsen, Mahan and, most prominently, Rosen.
After teasing his devotees with posters, videos, a cryptic website and an intriguing song snippet since the last week of 2025, the British pop icon has returned to make 2026 the year of Harry.
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Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
Earlier this week, Styles teased the announcement with a series of billboards and posters plastered around the world, from New York and Berlin to São Paulo and Palermo.
Neither Hubbard’s nor Johnson’s name placards were displayed yet, though Johnson said she’d been assured they’ve been ordered.
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Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
6 Jan. 2026
Ornate waves of graffiti remain, amended with fast four-letter scrawls of resistance, and placards pledging neighborhood unity are just now starting to peel away from windows.
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Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Jan. 2026
Consequently, all three adverts were upheld as breaches of the CAP Code—more specifically, edition 12 of the primary framework for the rulings—and slapped with misleading advertising and lack of substantiation.
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Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Dec. 2025
The British government said the centers in Southeast Asia used fake job adverts to lure workers, who were then forced to commit online fraud, including love scams and crypto scams, under threat of torture.
But both the timing and symbolism of the latest announcements by European nations are a significant show of solidarity at a time of unprecedented tension within NATO.
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Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
15 Jan. 2026
Others automakers, such as Ford and GM, made significant announcements in 2025, just as uncertainty about the near future of EV sales began to grow.
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