Advertising

How political startups are helping small political campaigns scale content and ads with AI
Digiday
"BattlegroundAI Founder and CEO Maya Hutchinson wanted to teach political campaigns how to use AI in advertising while also building a platform to serve as a 'central nervous system' for streamlining adoption of AI-powered ads. Next month, the startup is getting ready to launch a public beta program that will be priced based on scale and volume of content, starting with five messages for free or a subscription with unlimited messages for $19 a month."

Campaigns

Harris campaign pulls in cash from ‘white dudes’ and women in online events
Politico
"The online event, which featured nearly 30 speakers and raised more than $4 million, wasn’t the only big financial draw for Harris. A separate 'Women for Harris' attracted over 300,000 viewers."

Business Is Buzzing Again for the Meme Makers of the Left
New York Times
"On Sunday, the page changed its name to 'Ridin’ With Kamala' and began posting pro-Harris content. Since then, it has received an average of 334,000 reactions, comments and shares a day — a more than fivefold increase."

Inside the online army supercharging Kamala Harris’ campaign
Washington Post
"Many of the most popular pro-Harris fancams come from political novices. Some, like Richter, said they had never made a political video; one account, whose pro-Harris video has more than 500,000 views, specializes in fancams about Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola, from the reality show “Jersey Shore.””

"People Like Us Do Things Like This"
The Connector
"With little more than a Google Form signup page, [White Dudes For Harris] grew organically, with people inviting their friends, colleagues, and relatives. I used a simple script a friend of mine had suggested, texting people saying 'Are you a white guy who believes in science, human rights, and democracy? If so, are you around on Monday? Some friends and I are joining a national call to support Kamala Harris for President. RSVP here.'"

Disinformation

Elon Musk Wants People on X to Police Election Posts. It’s Not Working Well.
New York Times
"Nearly 8,000 fact checks have been drafted about immigration on Community Notes, but only 471 of them have been approved by users and made public on X, according to MediaWise, a media literacy program at the Poynter Institute. Only 4 percent of Community Notes about abortion have been made visible."

Email

Judge dismisses Republicans’ claim that Gmail unfairly marked its fundraising emails as spam
The Verge
"The most convincing reason he cited from the RNC was that it found that the “mass diversion” of emails that tended to happen at the end of the month stopped after the RNC filed its suit."

International

Filipinos want the country’s biggest YouTube star to be their next president
Rest Of World
"Tulfo, 64, anchors the country’s top-rated public affairs program, Wanted sa Radyo (Wanted on Radio). Many of the cases are also streamed on his YouTube channel Raffy Tulfo in Action, which has more than 28 million subscribers — the largest following for an individual in the country."

Social Media

Trump may be a star on TikTok but Republicans aren't following his lead
NPR
“I expect over the coming months we'll sometimes see Harris content doing better and sometimes Trump. Just like the polls, this will all take time to settle,” she added. “What these last two and a half weeks have done is cemented TikTok's role in this election — all despite the ban.”

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