A Hip Bro Excuse: We Cannot Modify Our System and Software [arnoldit.com]
Google bans Canadian political ads during its 2019 election cycle [www.techspot.com]
What I don’t understand is why isn’t this the rule for all advertising (not just political ads). Why would we accept any ad where who paid for it and how it was targeted wasn’t publicly known? https://t.co/pJBh6bl8JP
— Thomas Baekdal (@baekdal) March 5, 2019
This is a very big deal. When upwards of 30-40% of the electorate doesn’t consume live broadcast media, how will parties and issue groups reach them?
— David Coletto ??? (@Colettod) March 5, 2019
Google to ban political ads ahead of federal election, citing new transparency rules - The Globe and Mail https://t.co/f833Px4WjA
in which a search and ads company says it is too hard to build a search and ads tool https://t.co/nktFhKCb1G
— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) March 5, 2019
Going out on a limb to suggest this isn’t a bad outcome for Canadians. Come at me. https://t.co/VCMoo9kHJo
— Annemarie Bridy (@AnnemarieBridy) March 5, 2019
A modest proposal for lawmakers seeking to regulate political ads online: You can’t pass a well-designed law, because no one has the empirical info to know what one would be. So embrace being one variation in a vast experiment. 1/ https://t.co/fYevvVC58c
— Daphne Keller (@daphnehk) March 5, 2019