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…
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UK General Election: Review of Google and Facebook’s political ad transparency reports
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…
Worldacquire at the United Nations IGF 2019
Worldacquire’s co-founders spoke at the UN Internet Governance Forum 2019 in Berlin to address two current issues in internet regulation and digital ethics. At a session about the effect of algorithms on elections, we pointed out that while most of the public’s attention is focused on the harms of “paid”…
Helping social ventures with Impact Hub and UNDP
We joined Impact Hub and UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) run accelerator program teams as part of Worldacquire’s pro bono work in Cambodia. A diverse range of young Cambodian and other Southeast Asian social entrepreneurs participated and aligned their business models with the long-term plan to reach the SDG (Sustainable…
Advancing Democracy With Digital At Thailand Election
Nanthida, Worldacquire‘s Director of Marketing Strategy, led an innovative case study for digital political campaign management at the 2019 Thailand Election – a particularly complex setting. Uniting strategic experience with digital technology, Da helped a young parliamentary candidate for Bangkok become one of the top choices of his electorate. Thailand…
Our CEO’s work on Cambodia with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Cambodia has become one of the worlds’ fastest growing economies and envisions to emerge as a high income country and hub for the fourth industrial revolution. Our CEO Chris co-authored and edited the research publication “Digital Insights: Economic Transformation in Cambodia & Abroad” with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, the German think…