In November, Rolling Stone reported that Spotify had received $74,000 from the Department of Homeland Security to run their advertisements, while Google and YouTube were paid $3 million on Spanish-language advertising promoting self-deportation, according to Equis data.
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Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
An industry source told Rolling Stone at the time that Spotify had received $74,000 from DHS to run its advertisements.
Disco, Occasionally, the British superstar’s fourth studio album that’s been teased via a creeping, ongoing rollout with cryptic posters, a WhatsApp chat, listening sessions in indie record shops and a series of city residencies in place of a sprawling global tour.
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Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
The announcement of a new tour and album comes weeks after Styles teased devotees with posters, videos, a cryptic website and an intriguing song snippet starting in late December.
Consequently, all three adverts were upheld as breaches of the CAP Code—more specifically, edition 12 of the primary framework for the rulings—and slapped with misleading advertising and lack of substantiation.
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Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Dec. 2025
The British government said the centers in Southeast Asia used fake job adverts to lure workers, who were then forced to commit online fraud, including love scams and crypto scams, under threat of torture.
Among the player development personnel announcements is former Triple-A El Paso outfielder Tim Locastro beginning his coaching career as a roving baserunning and outfield coordinator.
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Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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