Research resource

IAS Context Control Avoidance

Customer-selected contextual exclusions; IAS says it discontinued limited GDI input and past use will not affect this solution going forward. Not tested removal or a publisher appeal result.

What the records show

Integral Ad ScienceIAS Context Control Avoidance

announced discontinuation of the limited GDI input

Published18December2025, modified6July2026; captured September2026 wording may differ from original. Exact implementation date unknown.

IAS says past GDI use will not affect this solution going forward. This is a product-change account, not observed cache deletion, individual publisher appeal success or independent neutrality finding.

IAS Context Control AvoidanceAdvertising licensees and buyers

allows category and risk-level exclusions

IAS describes customers selecting contextual exclusions. This product capability is separate from which customers selected GDI-derived inputs or changed choices after discontinuation.

Global Disinformation IndexIAS Context Control Avoidance

was identified as a limited historical input

Use preceded announced discontinuation; precise interval unknown.

IAS announcement acknowledges past limited GDI input in Context Control Avoidance. Exact fields, start date, customer settings and intermediary contract are not disclosed.

Further reading

GDI classification recourse: an appeal is described, but downstream correction remains unproved

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What the connections say

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Integral Ad Scienceannounced discontinuation of the limited GDI inputIAS Context Control Avoidance

Published18December2025, modified6July2026; captured September2026 wording may differ from original. Exact implementation date unknown.

Reported by the cited source

IAS says past GDI use will not affect this solution going forward. This is a product-change account, not observed cache deletion, individual publisher appeal success or independent neutrality finding.

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