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Apple Maps Ads Ban Home Services, Crypto ATMs, Bail Bonds

18Jul

By Brooke OsmundsonNo Comments

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Apple Maps Ads Ban Home Services, Crypto ATMs, Bail Bonds

Apple Maps ads haven’t officially launched yet, but advertisers now have a clearer view of who can participate. The newly published Apple Advertising Services policy prohibits the broad category of home services businesses, including plumbing, electrical, locksmith, HVAC, pest control, roofing, and general contracting. Apple hasn’t disclosed a launch date beyond “this summer” in the U.S. and Canada, but the published documentation and Maps-specific ad policies suggest the rollout is getting close. Here’s what’s changing, why it matters for local advertisers, and what to watch before launch. Apple Adds New Policies For Maps Advertisers Apple’s updated advertising policy took effect on July 14, 2026. It includes a new section covering ads that appear specifically within Apple Maps. The most ...

Is Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban Actually Working?

28Jan

By Andrew HutchinsonNo Comments

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Is Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban Actually Working?

The Australian government continues to claim that its teen social media ban has been a big success, with more than 4.7 million accounts believed to be operated by teens either deactivated or restricted since the implementation of the new laws last month. And that is a big amount, especially in a country with a population of only 28 million people. Meta alone says that it’s removed 544k accounts in accordance with the new rules, while Snapchat reportedly had around 440k users aged between 13 and 15 in its app. But is the teen social media ban really working, or have Australian teens just worked out how to avoid the new restrictions, and are therefore still accessing their favorite apps? Well, I’m in Australia, so I can ask them, and while the responses I can gather on my own are anecdotal,...

What Facebook Messenger’s “Promotion Ban” Means for Marketers Like You

27Sep

By Andrew WarnerNo Comments

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What Facebook Messenger’s “Promotion Ban” Means for Marketers Like You

Facebook recently announced that, starting July 31st, Facebook Business Pages can no longer send broadcast messages to their subscribers…sort of. (Keep reading to find out what they actually said and what it means). This caused a lot of chatbot marketers to freak out. We also got a lot of questions about this from potential Bot Academy students when we opened enrollment last week. Here’s the deal. Bot Academy’s founder, Andrew Warner, has access to a lot of insider information so we’ve been preparing for this for a while. Here’s how we knew this was coming: As an investor in multiple chatbot companies, Andrew has been in the loop about how they were preparing for the policy update. Andrew hosts a popular startup podcast, Mixergy. His fans slip him inside info, often. When Andrew spea...

Ongoing Chinese Influence Operations Could Strengthen the Case for a TikTok Ban

25May

By Andrew HutchinsonNo Comments

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Ongoing Chinese Influence Operations Could Strengthen the Case for a TikTok Ban

While TikTok has over 150 million US users, who are increasingly spending more of their time in the app, its popularity could also be clouding concerns around its potential for harm, which is the key focus of the ongoing discussions around whether or not to ban the app. And while, for the most part, I would trust the advice of cybersecurity experts on this front, with various officials, from various nations, raising significant concerns about the app, I would also look to other cases where China-based groups have been seeking to infiltrate US-based networks, in order to gather information, seed propaganda, and manipulate opinion. Which is happening all the time. Just today, Microsoft reported that Chinese state-sponsored group ‘Volt Tycoon’ has conducted various operations designed to di...

27Dec

By Andrew WarnerNo Comments

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What Facebook Messenger’s “Promotion Ban” Means for Marketers Like You

Facebook recently announced that, starting July 31st, Facebook Business Pages can no longer send broadcast messages to their subscribers…sort of. (Keep reading to find out what they actually said and what it means). This caused a lot of chatbot marketers to freak out. We also got a lot of questions about this from potential Bot Academy students when we opened enrollment last week. Here’s the deal. Bot Academy’s founder, Andrew Warner, has access to a lot of insider information so we’ve been preparing for this for a while. Here’s how we knew this was coming: As an investor in multiple chatbot companies, Andrew has been in the loop about how they were preparing for the policy update. Andrew hosts a popular startup podcast, Mixergy. His fans slip him inside info, often. When Andrew spe...