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Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Thursday December 10, 2020 @03:39AM (#25371308)
Google is lifting a ban on political ads tomorrow, about a month ahead of a Jan 5th runoff election in Georgia that will determine which party controls the Senate.

Perhaps the message here from subsidiary YouTube is that potentially viral videos that could damage voter confidence in past elections (and thereby affect their responsiveness to political ads for future ones) will not be tolerated while parent Google is trying to sell political ads for the Jan 5th election.

How much money will Google make selling ads for this runoff election in Georgia.

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Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by sova on Thursday December 10, 2020 @03:18PM (#25378031)
Incisive and based in clear economic motivation -- that sounds more like the big G these days. George Washington himself warned against the meddling of foreign powers in our democracy, but if we cannot entertain discussion on such things it's unlikely we'll be able to detect it.
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