Blame is a fun word to use. Poor Meta lawyers, need to do some work before accepting money to spread propaganda.
It's better if people see all messages with proper attribution rather than an intermediary deciding what's allowed and what is not.
Incidentally, in the US at least, the old fashioned TV networks are require to offer all political candidates the same, lowest, media rates. PACs and outside money pay market rates.
We’re talking about targeted ads on social media.
When it’s whispers tailored to individuals playing on their hopes and fears…
It isn't in Europe. Most European countries have limits on how much can be spend on political campaigning and when campaigning takes place, and the difference between the smallest and largest parties is within the same order of magnitude, this is so because if one can simply buy an election this has nothing to do with democracy, an equal competition of ideas unrelated to one's financial resources.
Democracy isn't a contact sport, it's not even a sport, it's intentional deliberation between ordinary people at an appropriate place and time. Turning politics into 24/7 live TV bread and circus entertainment is exactly what's destroying it.
I wonder how I would be able to spot the difference in practice?
The UK system gives both a minimum and a cap. Parties are entitled to a TV slot and I believe each candidate gets a free constituency mailshot as well. Beyond that the amount of money that can be spent is supposed to be capped.
> For example, the TTPA defines political advertising so broadly that it could cover ads related to an extremely wide range of issues that would be difficult to reliably identify at scale. There is also a lack of reliable local election data permitting consistent and accurate identification of all ads related to any local, regional or national election across any of 27 EU Member States. And key technical guidance may not be finalized until just months before the regulation comes into effect.
- https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/political...
What a time to live in...
So my candidate is known for pushing "ban ducks from ponds", it's not his only thing but he's known for it.
So then I put out a bunch of ads about dealing with the scourge of ducks on ponds to get that problem in people's heads ...
That ok?
"That's political" is already a common phrase often used to dismiss what people don't agree with.
Can you clean every last spec of dust from your driveway/sidewalk? Well, you don't have to, cleaning the big shit and mud is good enough.
In other words, an instigator, agent, and/or vehicle for right wing propaganda Europe-wide.
I don't want to buy your meat sticks people, or your 5G blocking beanie ...
For example, one can run ads claiming that they are an agency helping refugees collect the government issued houses and cars to induce outrage against refugees to boost the sentiment for the right or they can run ads claiming that they are into business of helping the rich avoid paying taxes in exaggerated amounts to boost rhe left leaning politics.
The last few elections were tainted with right wing populist spending money that at first glance isn’t theirs, also it was exposed that the american personna Tim Poool was receiving money from Russia connected sources to boost certain ideas.
There are also many creative ways like foreign countries making large ad spending on social media people who boost positions that they support. Then people start noticing that and produce content just for that.
Then there’s the case with Twitter where if Musk follows you and retweets or likes you you make good money because the algorithm increases your exposure, if he stops doing that you fade out so you have to create content that pleases such people.
For how many femtoseconds ? /s
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How this can be done is another question, not just from a technical standpoint...
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Then after a bit their posts turned pretty dark / lots of allusions to "new people in town". I was curious so I checked out their profile, one described themself as "a former libtard who saw the light". Those profiles pretty much went down the path you'd expect after a while.
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