TNB Tech Minute: U.S. Senators Want to Ban Digital Gambling Ads Targeting Minors
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🗓️ 18 May 2026
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| 0:29.3 | I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street Journal. We exclusively report that two U.S. senators |
| 0:34.2 | are introducing bipartisan legislation banning digital gambling ads targeting |
| 0:38.2 | minors. The bill by Republican Katie Britt and Democrat Richard Blumenthal would create a federal |
| 0:43.6 | prohibition on ads on social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram. Under the new legislation, |
| 0:49.8 | the Federal Trade Commission would enforce the provisions, and penalties could reach up to $100,000 |
| 0:54.5 | per advertisement. The bill would exclude ads seen by wide audiences, like during sports events, |
| 1:00.6 | as well as any results from minors actively searching for betting content. Many states and |
| 1:05.5 | social media companies already have similar bans, but critics say they are ineffective and |
| 1:09.6 | don't have adequate punishments. French advertising company Publicist Group has agreed to purchase U.S. data platform |
| 1:16.6 | LiveRamp Holdings for $2.55 billion in a bid to expand its AI offerings. In an interview, |
| 1:23.4 | the CEO of Publicists said the deal would bring new technology to help clients build AI agents, |
| 1:28.9 | opening up a new market for the company. |
| 1:31.2 | LiveRamp enables companies in different industries to scan data across different sources |
| 1:35.2 | and turn them into actionable data assets. |
| 1:37.9 | It's Publicus's largest deal since 2019, a departure from its habit of snapping up smaller businesses since then. |
| 1:45.2 | And two of the largest U.S. utility companies have agreed to merge as AI and data centers drive one of the biggest upswings in customer demand in decades. |
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