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The Houdini Ads – How political advertisements slip through Google’s and Meta’s filtering systems

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This text was published by HDMO, one of fifteen EDMO Hubs

Even before the EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising regulation (TTPA) came into effect, both Google and Meta had suspended political advertising1 on their platforms – at least officially. In practice, however, the transition has been far from smooth. Political ads, including seemingly harmless cartoons and hardcore deepfakes placed by Hungarian advertisers, are still running on both tech giants’ platforms. Often, they are simply (re)classified in other categories such as Business, Finance, Autos or Internet.

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The Houdini Ads – How political advertisements slip through Google’s and Meta’s filtering systems

This text was published by HDMO, one of fifteen EDMO Hubs.

Even before the EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising regulation (TTPA) came into effect, both Google and Meta had suspended political advertising on their platforms – at least offi…

Read the full article here ❯