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Google Releases a Searchable Database of US Political Ads (techcrunch.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: In an effort to provide more transparency and deliver on a promise to Congress, Google just published an archive of political ads that have run on its platform. Google's new database, which it calls the Ad Library, is searchable through a dedicated launch page. Anyone can search for and filter ads, viewing them by candidate name or advertiser, spend, the dates the ads were live, impressions and type. For anyone looking for the biggest ad budget or the farthest reaching political ad, the ads can be sorted by spend, impressions and recency, as well. Google also provided a report on the data, showing ad spend by U.S. state, by advertiser and by top keywords.
Funny you should ask. https://www.followthemoney.org... Is one such site. There are others. Google is your friend here.
"Governments have been dominated by the corporate entities and citizens have ceased to matter in public policy" true in
And who will decide what the restrictions on political ad spending will be? The current president and legislature of the federal US government? You think that's a good idea?
It's great that you are thinking in terms of money. You also need to think in terms of power. If you give "the good guys" the power to do something, you're also giving "the bad guys" the power to do the exact same thing.
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