Sentences with phrase «voters during political campaigns»

The company may have wanted the data to create psychological profiles that could be used to target voters during political campaigns.

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This was Mr. Zuckerberg's first appearance before Congress, prompted by the revelation that Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm linked to the Trump campaign, harvested the data of an estimated 87 million Facebook users to psychologically profile voters during the 2016 election.

Schaffner says that before Obama's election, political scientists believed that «when candidates used language during a campaign, or during a debate, that was explicitly racist, voters would indicate that they liked that candidate less and were less likely to vote for them.

The study claimed that 80 % of the accounts were created in the weeks before polling day, and were used to target voters with key political messages during vital points in the campaign, including the aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing.

Also, Capital NY notes that during that 1992 campaign, Rockefeller pledged not to run political ads, saying the 30 - and 60 - second spots were «an affront to voters» intelligence, an attempt to substitute emotion for reason.»

Democrats and Republicans are mounting a fierce battle to shape voter impressions of Congress during August's political lull, convinced that they must define the story line of the 2008 congressional election before voters are swamped by the presidential campaign.

Several observers said Cuomo also may select a political neophyte, tapping someone with a management background who would be less of an asset during the campaign but, should Cuomo find himself incapacitated, would offer voters a reassuring hand to guide the state.

It's a move seen by many political observers as designed to put Cuomo in the driver's» seat of the Democratic Party's agenda, and seize on a policy issue that resonated with voters during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Leah became involved in political action and organizing during the 2008 Presidential campaign as a co-organizer of ObamaNYC, a volunteer - run voter awareness organization to support Barack Obama's candidacy.

One political micro-targetting expert interviewed by The Verge questioned whether knowing a voter's mindset based on Facebook «likes» could really have a dramatic influence amid the «overwhelming wave of data going into people's head» during a political campaign.

In its paper, Elections Canada proposes setting up a voter contact registry for any company or political entity that uses bots during election campaigns.

The firm reportedly worked for multiple political campaigns, including for President Donald Trump's campaign during the 2016 election, and gathered data from social media accounts to develop a mechanism that would predict and influence the behavior of voters.

It's even more so now after Wednesday's news that Facebook sold ads during the campaign to a Russian «troll farm,» targeting American voters with «divisive social and political messages» that fit right in with Donald Trump's campaign strategy.