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Re:Meta to stop running political ads on Facebook and Instag... by yostrovs on Friday July 25, 2025 @10:10AM (#44683318)
Why not make transparent all speech involving opinions or attempts to change anyone's mind, so that the listener can "understand who is behind them"?
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Re:Meta to stop running political ads on Facebook and Instag... by duxup on Friday July 25, 2025 @10:37AM (#44683626)
It seems Facebook simply doesn't want to.
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Re:Meta to stop running political ads on Facebook and Instag... by s1mplicissimus on Friday July 25, 2025 @10:42AM (#44683696)
It would lower the value of said "messaging", because who speaks does make a difference when people evaluate trustworthyness. Lower value = less profits for ad platform. I hope that answers the question of "why not" :)
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