Maintaining brand safety in advertising is becoming increasingly difficult. From ensuring ads are placed within appropriate contexts to preventing wasted adspend caused by overzealous and outdated exclusion lists, modern digital advertising can be a minefield for publishers, advertisers, marketers and brands alike. And following news that X's lawsuit against the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) will see it close down the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), brand safety just got even harder to secure.

This episode of the Performance Marketing Unlocked podcast features PMW's Editor Robin Langford (2:29), who takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the latest stories from across our news desk, with brand safety a central theme throughout. Touching on Amazon's partnership with Pinterest and TikTok, whether or not Google will have to sell part of its adtech business, and much more.

Also in this episode, Fiona Salmon (11:21), Managing Director of Mantis, joins us to discuss how X's lawsuit against the WFA led to the discontinuation of GARM and what the industry can expect with regard to brand safety and suitability going forward. In conversation with host Joseph Arthur, Fiona discloses why she thinks short-terminism isn't going anywhere, how Mantis is trying to help publishers get the most from their ad placements and why AI is the best path forward.

This podcast was hosted by PMW's Multimedia Editor, Joseph Arthur.

~ Further reading ~

‘It seems a bully has won’: Ad industry reacts to GARM’s demise after Musk’s X lawsuit

GARM to shut down following Musk's X antitrust lawsuit

US court rules Google’s search business broke antitrust laws: What next?

Amazon expands in-app shopping partnership to include TikTok and Pinterest

WARC: Brand safety tops advertisers’ programmatic advertising concerns

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