Advertising
AI disclaimers in political ads backfire on candidates, study finds
Washington Post
"Notably, researchers also found that AI labels were more harmful for candidates running attack ads than those being attacked, something they called the 'backfire effect.'"
- In Disclaimers We Trust: The Effectiveness of State-Required AI Disclaimers on Political Ads (TechPolicyNYU.org)
Campaigns
Inside Trump’s push to win over the ‘bro’ vote
Politico
"The Nelk Boys, digital content creators and hosts of the popular 'Full Send' podcast, are mounting a multi-million-dollar voter registration push aimed at turning out young men."
Tim Walz Rally Goes Live on World of Warcraft Twitch Stream
Wired
"This will be the first time the Harris campaign will stream live gameplay on its Twitch account. The event, which will take place at 6:30 pm ET, will include a live feed of Walz’s Arizona speech with Preheat, a Twitch creator, playing the game and providing commentary. Preheat is expected to highlight their connection to the campaign and encourage viewers to make a plan to vote."
Design
How Harris is using a serif font to win over Republicans
Yello
"Serifs, then, can help campaigns stand out or signal their conservatism because they look throwback."
Social Media
The 2024 election is razor close. TikTok creators could tip it
Fast Company
"Another major difference is that many of these collaborations are unpaid. While PACs and nonprofits might offer creators thousands for their work, the candidates themselves are not allowed to do so by law. (Influencers on both sides, however, have each accused the other of violating that law.)"
Social media users’ actions, rather than biased policies, could drive differences in platform enforcement
MIT
"Accounts that had shared #Trump2020 before the election were 4.4 times more likely to have been subsequently suspended than those who shared #VoteBidenHarris2020. Only 4.5% of the users who shared Biden hashtags had been suspended as of July 2021, while 19.6% of the users who shared Trump hashtags had been suspended."
Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams
Gizmodo
"But new documents obtained by Gizmodo reveal the site has also been flooded with scammers who are swindling users out of enormous sums of money. We’re talking about people who’ve lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in a relatively short period of time."
.png){kind=icon}