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Re:Google, Meta and Microsoft opts to stop showing political... by sublimefire on Friday October 10, 2025 @03:34PM (#45542839)
I would think this is naive to imagine that targeted ads do not have influence when used in large numbers. There is a reason why this market exists.

I am happy this law has an effect and potentially opens the doors to other players.

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Re:Google, Meta and Microsoft opts to stop showing political... by BoredPositron on Friday October 10, 2025 @05:23PM (#45543942)
I think this comes from a us perspective in most of Europe political ads consist of a portrait image of the politician and a slogan that gets penetrated to death. We don't have attack ads here most of the time we don't even have ads that transport a message besides this is Dude A from Party A.
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