{"podcast":{"title":"The Media Leader Podcast","slug":"the-media-leader-podcast-5773787","podcast_index_feed_id":5773787,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/the-media-leader-podcast","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/the-media-leader-podcast","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/75/c6/95/75/75c69575-142b-4ca1-a5fe-2a24c4bff5a5/95bac19733e21c257f65b53b38a82f53ad36208699d5cc81f4e592ce0ffab91316d4d7fdb70f20957c716453703e982b2e1237edb31d31164b7d90d3585cfec6.jpeg","author":"The Media Leader","episode_count":233,"summary":"The Media Leader is the leading source of analysis, data, opinion and trends in commercial media and advertising. Hosted by senior reporter Jack Benjamin, we speak to senior industry leaders and rising stars about the key challenges media faces as part of our mission to stand up for courage, inclusion and excellence in media. Find out more at uk.themedialeader.com and subscribe to our daily newsletter .","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-leader-podcast-5773787"},"episode":{"title":"Why the United Nations is asking advertisers to protect the open web","slug":"why-the-united-nations-is-asking-advertisers-to-protect-the-open-web","published_at":"2026-05-25T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-leader-podcast-5773787/why-the-united-nations-is-asking-advertisers-to-protect-the-open-web","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-leader-podcast-5773787","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/58b5232c-9e33-4342-ae2d-e9730672e85a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/58b5232c-9e33-4342-ae2d-e9730672e85a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Last month, the United Nations in partnership with the Conscious Advertising Network (CAN) launched an issue brief warning the integrity of the global information ecosystem is at a \"crisis point\". As Charlotte Scaddan, senior advisor on information integrity at the UN, explained: \"Without swift action and guardrails, AI risks accelerating the breakdown of information ecosystem integrity.\" But advertisers, the UN believes, are uniquely situated to demand greater transparency and guardrails from AI companies as the likes of OpenAI turn to ad-supported business models to fund their exorbitant costs. At our Future of Brands conference last month, Scaddan and CAN co-founder Harriet Kingaby joined host and senior reporter Jack Benjamin to unpack the report and make a direct appeal to advertisers to \"make information integrity a condition of AI uptake.\" Highlights: 1:35: Toplines from the Strengthening Information Integrity: Advertising, Artificial Intelligence and the Global Information Crisis issue brief 4:41: The power of advertisers in the global information ecosystem 7:14: Why advertisers should care about media quality 9:55: Concrete steps advertisers should take when working with tech platforms Related articles: UN and CAN warn of AI-driven global information integrity crisis Social media platforms linked to human trafficking, UN report finds UK to get ChatGPT ads imminently as OpenAI expands pilot to other territories Takeaways from the Future of Brands 2026: AI, culture and measurement take centre stage ‘Are we monetising addiction?’ Ad industry faces reckoning following social media addiction lawsuit verdict Meta admits revenue from fraud and scam ads ‘might’ have accounted for 3-4% of total revenue","meta_description":"Last month, the United Nations in partnership with the Conscious Advertising Network (CAN) launched an issue brief warning the integrity of the global inf…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1029,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-media-leader-podcast-5773787/episodes/why-the-united-nations-is-asking-advertisers-to-protect-the-open-web/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-leader-podcast-5773787/why-the-united-nations-is-asking-advertisers-to-protect-the-open-web.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}