Huawei encouraged fans to promote Mate 10 Pro smartphone in retailers' reviews - before it was even out
Huawei ran competition in private Facebook group encouraging followers to post positive reviews on website in return for free smartphone
A network of fake ad agencies and shell companies was used to run the operation
Amazon rejects report suggesting that it plans to turn Echo voice assistants into ad machines
The malware generates false clicks on advertising, blurring the line between Trojan and adware
Fake websites look almost identical to the real thing, going so far as to clone genuine adverts
Mark Roy, chairman of REaD Group, believes that the new legislation will limit the use of AI, whatever Google, Facebook et al might try to do to stop it
The malvertising operation uses dynamic strings to bypass ad blockers like AdBlock Plus and uBlock Origin
Revenues also surged from $5.8bn to $8.8bn
Ex-Trainline.com IS director moves to outdoor advertising company