#microtargeting

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US politics
fromPhys
1 day ago

Social media advertising suppresses voting in targeted communities, research shows

Microtargeted vote-suppression ads on Facebook reduced turnout by about 1.9% and disproportionately targeted nonwhite, voting-age people in competitive states.
World news
fromThe Drum
4 weeks ago

Targeting is your Trump card: How the rules of political advertising were rewritten by data

Data-driven microtargeting enabled politicians to send highly specialized messages to segmented voter groups, transforming campaign outreach from mass appeals to precise, targeted persuasion.
World politics
fromThe Conversation
4 months ago

Bill C-4 privacy enhancements are modest and fail to regulate politicians' use of social bots

Political campaigns and big data firms use AI-driven microtargeting and social bots to manipulate emotions and trust, undermining individual rights and democratic processes.
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