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		sublimefire 71 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google, Meta and Microsoft to stop showing politic... I would think this is naive to imagine that targeted ads do not have influence when used in large numbers. There is a reason why this market exists. I am happy this law has an effect and potentially opens the doors to other players.

BoredPositron 71 days ago [–]

I think this comes from a us perspective in most of Europe political ads consist of a portrait image of the politician and a slogan that gets penetrated to death. We don't have attack ads here most of the time we don't even have ads that transport a message besides this is Dude A from Party A.

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