Labour HQ used Facebook ads to deceive Jeremy Corbyn during election campaign

Paywall stops me from getting past the top. But, just wow.

If it accurately reflects what happened, well, they're going to have to designate a new category of shitstorm.

One that, I hope, sucks in FB and forces some true accounting and reckoning, not just of this circumstance but as a fundamental part of the platform and business practices.

Yes.

huh we need a new version of the GDPR already it seems. Unfortunately it won't help Britain.

So they ran ultra left wing ads micro targeted at Corbyn and similar supporters so these people thought everyone was seeing them. I really wonder if micro targeting should just be switched off for everyone during political campaigns. It allows political parties to do exactly this, be literally all things to all people rather than genuine in their messaging.

How can we educate people this is happening? I’m certain it’s hugely effective and undermines democracy in a way newspapers or TV could never have dreamed of.

So how exactly microtargetting works? They target his interests? Or just import emails and hope they match the ones they provided?