Is There Going to Be No Political Advertising on Twitter?

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i'm terrified over what people are going to see in the next year. I'm disappointed in facebook that have made a decision that politicians will not be held to the same standards as you and i. If i decided to libel some one, or slander or put out disinformation, my content would be blocked and removed. Yet if donald tremp does the same thing, his content is likely going to go viral - even if it is disinformation. That's a huge problem. And i'm not saying that i think that all political advertising should be banned. No, i i want everyone to care about politics. I want people to engage with issues that are important to me. But what what facebook

Brittany Kaiser, a former Cambridge Analytica insider, witnessed a two day presentation at the company that shocked her and her co-workers. It laid out a new method of campaigning, in which candidates greet voters with a thousand faces and speak in a thousand tongues, automatically generating messages that are increasingly aiming toward an audience of one. She explains how these methods of persuasion have shaped elections worldwide, enabling candidates to sway voters in strange and startling ways.