IAB Tech Lab Releases Content Taxonomy 2.2 to Improve Brand Safety and Support Brand Suitability

IAB Tech Lab today released Content Taxonomy 2.2, a common language to help third-party verification vendors and publishers identify content so that the advertisers can make decisions about whether it's appropriate for their ads. Tech Lab worked closely with the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) to create the update, with the shared goal of creating a safer digital environment. The Content Taxonomy enables buyers to use a consistent, easy-to-understand language across the entire advertising ecosystem (all publishers and platforms) to describe content that may be considered harmful or unsuitable. As part of the update: 11 "sensitive topic" categories were developed that range from adult and explicit sexual content to terrorism. Risk levels were created to identify a range of suitability and are treated as additional attributes of the content. The four levels of risk are "Floor," "High Risk," "Medium Risk," and "Low Risk." Both topics and risk levels work together, dynamically.