Do brands care enough about fraud?
Ask most brand managers and their agencies and digital publishing partners that question, and the answer will be a qualified yes.
They'll concede that fraud is an ongoing problem, one that isn't going away soon. But they'll also point out that its impact can be minimized by using fraud detection tools, following industry best practices, and adopting open source solutions like IAB Tech Lab's ads.txt to let online buyers check the validity of all sellers of ad inventory.
Others within the industry counter that fraud is the 800-pound gorilla completely distorting huge segments of...