Governments, big tech and civil society organizations around the world are taking first steps to tackle disinformation and computational propaganda. We identify the weaknesses of the current measures and recommend ways forward from a digital technology point of view. A digital solutions perspective Last week’s terror attack in Hanau, Germany,…
2019 has been a rollercoaster year in online political advertising. Hot debates about its ethical and legal dimensions have made the headlines. Major digital advertising platforms have felt public and regulatory pressure, resulting in ambiguous responses such as Twitter’s blanket ban on paid advertising related to politics but very little…
Why did the Labour Party spend nearly double the amount of the Conservatives on their Facebook advertising campaigns, but still suffer a historical loss at the 2019 General Election? Could it be that Labour’s digital strategy played some part in the result? We gathered the advertising data made public by…
How have Google and Facebook responded to the demands for increased transparency in political advertising, especially in light of the UK General Election? Both internet giants have created online dashboards with live statistics about the political ad campaigns and the parties (or campaigners) managing them. While they are moving in the…
