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Twitter Will Show Who Pays For Ads and How Much They Spend (bloomberg.com)
Twitter will show detailed information about advertisers in an attempt to combat meddling in future elections. You will now be able to search for a Twitter account and see all the ads it has run in the past seven days. "For U.S. political advertisers, users will be able to see billing information, ad spending, demographic targeting data and the number of times tweets have been viewed," reports Bloomberg. From the report: The changes are part of Twitter's broader efforts to clean up its service after lawmakers berated the company for failing to discover Russian influence peddling through fake accounts and divisive ads during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Earlier this week, the company began requiring more authentication from users. In May, it rolled out stricter rules that require advertisers running political campaign ads for federal elections to identify themselves and certify they are located in the U.S. The company has also banned ads from accounts owned by Russia Today and Sputnik.
Just another in a long line of longstanding issues that got zero coverage before the media started pretending that "Trump did it" or that it happened because of Trump.
Cool. Now show who has already PAID for ads.
No more than before, why would a bad actor ever use anything that can be traced back to themselves? Twitter has always had this info and with a court order be made to provide it. This is just a publicity stunt.
It got attention because of Russia meddling in US politics. Don't be obtuse.
It got attention because Hillary lost, and there had to be *some* reason for it that didn't put the blame on Hillary or the Democrats.
Along with sexism, misogyny, Bernie Sanders, Wikileaks, low information voters, women under pressure from men, and James Comey.
Hillary's comment is informative:
"I never imagined that [Putin] would have the audacity to launch a massive covert attack against our own democracy, right under our noses - and that he'd get away with it."
The Russian interference amounted to about $1.25 million per month, compared to the $1.2 billion spent by Hillary, or $617 the million spent by Trump.
But it's probably good to be able to tell who's purchasing ads in future elections.
When to meme is too politically funny will the artist have to ID themselves and prove they are located in the U.S?
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
Something called "the Committee for Government Healthiness" spent money. Thanks Twitter. We still don't know anything about this group or whether they go by 100 other names.
That's way too much work. Just nuke the ads from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
#DeleteFacebook
If you voted for Hillary, she committed the greatest of all crimes during an election, rigging one. The whole thing, from Email servers, to DNC hacked Emails, to tarmac meetings, to Deep State spying was all exposing her for the crimes she and others on her direct behalf were committing (and some are continuing to this day).
The ONLY thing so far to come out of the Trump/Russia Collusion story is ... Hillary paid for FSB sponsored dirt on Trump, the Deep State used that to spy on his campaign, and have lied and obfuscated to cover it all up (to no avail). And you're convinced Trump is the bad guy.
I didn't vote for the guy for a variety of reasons, but seeing the twisting liberals and democrat hacks are going through backfiring left and right only makes me giggle in delight.
Hillary is a lifelong political criminal. I'm glad she lost. Maybe you can nominate her again ... I hear 3rd time is a charm.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
The politically smart will just hire artists to make memes and create accounts in the USA to show them for free.
A good meme will not got blocked as it is part of the site and user content.
The SJW idea of censoring political ads is not going to work.
The content will become political.
Will the SJW then expect a site to politically approve artistic content for its powers of US political persuasion?
Any meme with too much amphibian related political messages can be reported to SJW?
No political donkey cartoons? No coughing fit animated loops?
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
Then I'd be sorely tempted to short $TWTR. Advertisers do not like customers knowing their being advertised to, at all.
That's not how advertising (generally) works.
Actually I didn't lose. Trump is going to prison for the rest of his life and Republican faggot cowards like yourself will have to just deal with it ongoing forever, bitch. Don't cry snowflake, Donald doesn't care if you live or die lol. Moron.
Ha, even if you are right about Trump going to prison you still lose. They aren't going to remove his Supreme Court nominations, which is arguably the most important thing a president does (arguably by a very large margin). A Republican will still be in office even if Trump is sent to prison. A Republican will still be in office even if Pence is impeached along with Trump.
A significant amount of the damage cannot be undone. The effects of the 2016 election will be felt in the most impactful legal decisions in this country for at least 20 years, if not 30.
-- All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -- Edmund Burke
Create a bunch of fake accounts. Each one is a shell for one and only one ad.
The Russians have won. They have made the world a cesspool of distrust, greed, fear and hate.
If you're not paranoid, you're not paying attention.
Just because one is paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get us.
And yet, the Political Left is based on the greatest boogie men conspiracies, and yet nobody calls it that "Because it is real" (Racism, Sexism, Homophobia etc etc etc). FYI, I don't deny these things exist, I deny their power at the Federal, State, and the "System" levels.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
(Clicks little ? on ad) "This ad paid for by Americans for Free Elections America Great Comrades, Tampa, FL"
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The ruddy-blooming ruskies gots a right to peddle putin will up on your americanski's arses just as much as republicans have da right to keep your pending baby. Let thar be lite! For those about to rock! Fire! We salute jou!
- Zoya the Destroya, GLOW
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