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Re:All Political Ads Run on Google in the US by YZF on Saturday October 26, 2024 @03:36PM (#41957145)
I'm curious how France deals with external entities running influence campaigns on global platforms in this context? What prevents external entities (countries or corporations) from effectively buying elections in France?
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Re:All Political Ads Run on Google in the US by jeromegv on Saturday October 26, 2024 @07:56PM (#41958691)
Which global platforms? I can talk of Canada and every social media network that sell ads in Canada also has an office in the country and must follow laws.

Of course the organic reach can be manipulated, but the influence seems to be still somewhat limited.

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