Who knew a social network founded by a goofy, rebellious nerd that used to have "Random Play" as a relationship status would have such an affect in our world.
Wondering about the consequences to the Hungarian government, which is by far the largest spender on Meta political advertisement in the EU (yes, bigger than Germany or the EU Parliament itself). I only have last year's data (per capita), since then the spending grew significantly.
This doesn’t mean that it can’t be used for political manipulation.
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.
I see plenty of unsolicited posts on my Facebook feed that are very political, except they aren't ads. I always just block whatever page posted it, but what's the point of blocking political ads if these posts still make it through the standard viral distribution channels?
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[ 2436 ms ] story [ 1042 ms ] threadBlame is a fun word to use. Poor Meta lawyers, need to do some work before accepting money to spread propaganda.
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?
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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