As a EU citizen, I don't care? People are not swayed by political ads. They're swayed by influencers who push political agendas covertly.
You are not immune to propaganda
Google, Meta and Microsoft to stop showing political ads in the EU
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#122Dutch newspaper Trouw also reported that their ad was rejected multiple times by Meta. After inquiry into this they found it was because it was about sustainability and hence considered “a political ad”. (Paywalled) Source: https://www.trouw.nl/cultuur-media/advertenties-over-armoede...
Unpaywalled link: https://archive.is/VBqs7
This reeks of malicious compliance to me.
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#123As a EU citizen, I don't care? People are not swayed by political ads. They're swayed by influencers who push political agendas covertly.
> People are not swayed by political ads.
That just means you are getting swayed, you just dont know it.
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#124As a EU citizen, I don't care? People are not swayed by political ads. They're swayed by influencers who push political agendas covertly.
Influencers are a big problem indeed. The rules should be tightened quickly. Ads do work too, I'm afraid, so this is good
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#125I am a big fan of commercial advertising. I think it drives our global economy. However I think political and medical advertising need to be tightly regulated.
I think advertising should be eliminated. It just wastes people's time.
That would be ideal, but how do you define advertising? It could be a sign spray-painted with "good stuff only here".
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#126> Polish hard-right member of the European Parliament Piotr Müller said the rules are an example of over-regulation gone wild This is almost an endorsement of the rules to me.
Some US billionaires/soon trillionaires have already announced their intention to "help" the EU and UK far-right to win elections, to liberate them from democracy I suppose:
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-far-right-germany-england...
Probably a big driving force behind those new rules as well.
That's why the far-right frames this as overregulation, it directly impacts them.
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#127As a EU citizen, I don't care? People are not swayed by political ads. They're swayed by influencers who push political agendas covertly.
Ads influence people a lot. In particular the elderly generation.
My cousin says there should be a maximum voting age. She says if people can't vote for the first 18 years of their life, why should they be able to vote for the last 18 years (e.g. if retired or older than 65)?
I disagree, of course. I don't talk to this cousin anymore. Personally I think the very elderly contain the wisdom for future generations, and make the best decisions because of all that wisdom, so they should really be in charge of everything.
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#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think the political ads are like in the US. Not at all. Also the scale is no where near. TV2 in Denmark just ran an article saying that the 24 politicians and parties buying the most ads bought a total of 250k ads ahead of this policy coming into effect. Note that same month last year the spend was ~1/3. I know Denmark is small, ~5-6M, but that's doesn't seem like a lot of money.
The amount of money in US politics and elections in particular is staggering when you think about it. In 15 weeks Kamala Harris' campaign spent $1.5 billion. That's just insane. Especially when you find out that a lot of that spend goes through "media consultancies" and PR firms...run by former DNC staffers. And the same is true for the RNC. The two parties are basically a giant revolving door and network of jobs wit…
The first thing an American politician does after winning an election is start fundraising for their next election. Governing would be an afterthought were it not so helpful in raising money.
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#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ads influence people a lot. In particular the elderly generation.
My cousin says there should be a maximum voting age. She says if people can't vote for the first 18 years of their life, why should they be able to vote for the last 18 years (e.g. if retired or older than 65)? I disagree, of course. I don't talk to this cousin anymore. Personally I think the very elderly contain the wisdom for future generations, and make the best decisions because of all that wisdom, so they should…
What is your general opinion on the wisdom and decision-making of politicians and heads of state that are above the age of 80?
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#130The benefit grabbing attention using ads feels like something that only exists in relative measure. So if everyone is boosting themselves on tour timeline, its kinda like no one is. If none of them boost themselves, then they dont lose out against each other
The only thing is that, compared to before, they get less attention relative to content that was always unboosted. Which includes organic unbiased content which is better for the consumer so thats actually a plus
But that unboosted content also includes astroturfing which can now become more of a persons timeline
If the regulators are motivated to clear up the online content space of bad faith political influence, the next thing they should do is try to curb botting and astroturfing (while respecting freedom)