In September, Facebook revealed that it found 470 profiles tied to agents of the Russian government, which purchased 3,000
ads around Election Day.
Not exact matches
Among the others: Facebook is strengthening its process for reviewing
ads, increasing the size of its
election - integrity and security teams, and partnering with
election commissions
around the world.
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ads on Facebook
around the 2016 presidential
election How is it possible that guns are less regulated than startups?
But Snap hopes a greater human element will help differentiate it from larger rival Facebook, whose own algorithms have created all sorts of controversies revolving
around fake news,
ad targeting, and
election meddling.
Though it's unclear how that data was used in the 2016
elections, Vox noted that Trump's digital operation was «shockingly effective,» running thousands of variants of online
ads to help «determine which messages were resonating where and then shape Trump's travel schedule
around it.»
The shady analytics firm is believed to have gained access to personal data from
around 50 million of Facebook's users, which it employed to inform online
ad spending and influence
elections.
This discussion will look at how candidates and interest groups in in the U.S. are using Facebook advertising, Twitter, Google
Ads, mobile phones, location - based services and older technologies like email and blogs to raise money, mobilize support and get voters to the polls in an important
election year, with an emphasis on practical results and the implications for future political campaigns
around the world.
The March 20 special
election is right
around the corner, and Democratic Common Council Member Michael «Mickey» Kearns is kicking his campaign for the 145th Assembly District up a notch with an
ad that slams his opponent as nothing but a «puppet» of Speaker Sheldon Silver.
One Moore - aligned group, Restore Our Godly Heritage PAC, is airing commercials on nearly 60 stations
around the state accusing Jones of «trying to steal the
election with vile, racist
ads on black radio.»
Executives at Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm that worked on digital
ads for President Donald Trump's 2016
election campaign, were caught on camera suggesting that the firm could use sex workers, bribes, ex-spies and fake news to help candidates win votes
around the world, a new investigation has revealed.
It has recently been alleged that the «Russia - linked» accounts spent 50,000 - 150,000 USD on some kind of «politically divisive
ads» on Facebook before or
around the US presidential
elections in November 2016.
Erie County Board of
Elections Commissioner Len Lenihan said turnout is between 5 to 6 percent city - wide, as opposed to three years ago, when radio and TV
ads spurred turnout to
around 10 percent.
The era of the super PAC spending in state legislative races — when the
ad buys, especially in upstate media markets can go a long way — has been
around for the last several
election cycles.
Fair
Elections for New York, an umbrella group for several organizations that has the politically connected SKD Knickberbocker firm running its PR, is beginning an $ 800,000
ad campaign and plans several rallies
around the state this month as lawmakers begin a two - week break from Albany.
Even the most
ad hoc observer of British politics will surely know that the 2015 general
election will revolve more than ever
around the smaller political parties.
Congress last week released more than 3,000 Facebook
ads linked to Russia
around the 2016 presidential
election, the most comprehensive look at the misinformation campaign mounted on the social network.
Crossroads GPS has worked to get
around the problem of excessive political activity in part by transferring funds to other dark money nonprofits that run
ads in
elections.
The shady analytics firm is believed to have gained access to personal data from
around 50 million of Facebook's users, which it employed to inform online
ad spending and influence
elections.
In February, Special Counsel Robert Mueller charged a Russian troll farm — which spread disinformation and fake
ads around the time of the 2016
election and beyond — with
election interference.
Not anything goes when you have foreign countries that are influencing our democracy, when you have an indictment of 13 Russians that feature the fact that they actually were buying
ads, buying
ads, some in rubles, that tried to mess
around in our
election.
Though it's unclear how that data was used in the 2016
elections, Vox noted that Trump's digital operation was «shockingly effective,» running thousands of variants of online
ads to help «determine which messages were resonating where and then shape Trump's travel schedule
around it.»
On Google, Russian actors purchased a small number of
ads around the 2016 presidential
election.
The takeaway from Facebook here is that the
ads from Russia represented a very small portion of the overall advertising that was going on
around the
election.
Those profiles were then used for political
ad targeting that could have swayed
elections around the world.
The company previously told Congress it found
around $ 100,000 had been spent on political
ads leading up to the United States Presidential
election.
In addition to creating the bogus accounts, which were designed to spread misinformation and influence US voters, Facebook said the Kremlin - linked Internet Research Agency spent $ 100,000 on over 3000
ads displayed
around the time of the
election.