U.K. Government Report Calls for Investigation Into Digital Advertising Market

Cairncross Review reads as a damnation of Facebook's and Google’s effects on media

The realities of digital advertising are so damaging to local and investigative news in the U.K. that a report commissioned by lawmakers is proposing government intervention across the digital media ecosystem.

The Cairncross Review, a report examining the health of U.K. news media and digital advertising, read as a damnation of Facebook’s and Google’s effects on the digital media landscape and represents the latest indication that regulators and legislators are looking for new ways to limit Facebook’s and Google’s power in digital media.

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