Life insurance industry’s new awareness campaign reaches 35.5 crore people across all channels

Going beyond traditional modes of advertising, visibility for the campaign was achieved through the India–South Africa cricket series | Photo Credit: iStockphoto The life insurance industry’s new awareness campaign, aiming to address the challenge of low insurance penetration levels in India, has been able to reach around 35.5 crore people across all channels by December-end, […]

Florida adult-use marijuana legalization campaign says it’s still alive

In defiance of the state elections officials who declared the campaign kaput on Sunday, the marijuana multistate operator-funded effort to legalize adult-use cannabis in Florida said Monday it can still qualify for the November ballot. According to Secretary of State Cord Byrd, the Smart and Safe Florida campaign failed to collect the required 880,000 valid […]

Florida steps up ‘criminal probe’ of marijuana legalization campaign

After multiple arrests, Florida officials are ramping up a criminal investigation of a marijuana multistate operator-funded adult-use cannabis legalization campaign even further – just days ahead of a key deadline to qualify the measure for the November ballot. The criminal probe into the Smart & Safe Florida campaign, funded by Tallahassee-based Trulieve Cannabis Corp., shows […]

Setback in court for Florida marijuana legalization campaign as arrests continue

A Florida appeals court on Friday dealt another blow to an adult-use marijuana legalization campaign under mounting deadline pressure to qualify for the November ballot. The setback in court for the Smart & Safe Florida campaign comes on the heels of state law enforcement arresting another paid campaign worker for alleged election fraud, part of […]

Scarlett Johansson and Cate Blanchett back campaign accusing AI firms of ‘theft’

Scarlett Johansson and Cate Blanchett are among hundreds of actors, musicians and writers backing a new campaign accusing artificial intelligence companies of unlawfully exploiting creative work to train their systems. The campaign, titled “Stealing Isn’t Innovation”, launched on Thursday with the support of around 800 creative professionals, including the band R.E.M. and bestselling author Jodi […]