Campaigns

Meta removes Trump account restrictions ahead of 2024 election
Axios
"Meta decided to roll back the restrictions to Trump's accounts amid concerns that a smaller policy violation could result in his account being suspended or limited leading up to the election, a spokesperson said."

Biden’s Social Media Memory Problem
Puck
"The mistake quickly went viral, with a single Daily Mail clip of the moment racking up over 8 million views on TikTok in just two hours."

Content

Why Democrats' favorite podcast turned on Joe Biden
Semafor
"We are about political engagement, encouraging people to get involved in politics and knocking on doors and campaigning. And that message is not really coming through from us at the moment, because there is this concern about Biden’s ability to win."

Design

Why the new Trump-Vance logo represents a whole new era for the Trump brand
Yello
"That Trump’s campaign would opt for a light-touch brand 'refresh' rather than a full-on rebrand is to be expected. Presidential campaigns tend to stick with the same design elements in their visual identities over multiple campaign cycles, as Trump and President Joe Biden have done. Not to mention the fact the style of Trump’s logo—his last name in a bold sans-serif font encased in a rectangle with stars pinned to the top—has become a visual signifier for Trump-aligned candidates down ballot. There’s a lot of brand equity in the Trump logo."

International

TikTok Pushed Young German Voters Toward Far-Right Party
Wired
"Researchers found that in a quarter of cases, young users in Germany searching on the app for specific political parties and their politicians in the weeks leading up to the vote on June 5 were instead given suggestions for other parties. In the majority of these cases, they were given suggestions linked to Alternative for Germany (AfD)."

Social Media

An assassination attempt for the social media age
Platformer
"From roughly 2017 to 2023, a broad consensus held among social platforms that tech policy could and should be used to promote high quality information and support democratic principles. By this summer, though, that consensus had broken."

Technology

New Software Platform Targets Independent Candidates
Campaigns & Elections
"United Independents, the group behind the Independent National Convention set for Denver in September, has launched a new software platform for indie candidates called Electify, which came out of a partnership with incubator Wolfram Labs — the first tool to emerge from its program."

Tech and the GOP - A New Chapter Emerges
Anchor Change
"What’s new is how out in the open these executives are being about their engagement with Trump. Tech companies engaging with Republicans is not."

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