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FYI: Berlin finds CDU, SPD, Greens and Left broke GDPR with Facebook targeting: Decisions dated September 24, 2026 cover 2021 Facebook ads aimed at voters' political interests. AfD's case is still open. Will parties now drop the practice? https://ppc.land/berlin-finds-cdu-spd-greens-and-left-broke-gdpr-with-facebook-targeting/ #GDPR #FacebookAds #DigitalPrivacy #PoliticalAdvertising #DataProtection

New York Times: $137 Million in A.I.-Generated Ads Flood the Midterms. “The ad, which included no disclaimer that it was A.I.-made, was one of more than 220 videos identified by the Wesleyan Media Project, a research group based at Wesleyan University, that used A.I.-generated fakery in ways large and small this midterm season — part of a wave of videos powered by artificial intelligence that […]

DATE: October 23, 2026 at 02:01AM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORG

TITLE: Opposition Deepfake Video Sparks Outrage in Spain Ahead of Election

URL: http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=192121&url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/23/opposition-deepfake-video-spain-election

Source: The Guardian

A political ad from Spain's main opposition party that used a deepfake video of the prime minister's wife has sparked outrage and set off a debate on artificial intelligence, as the country gears up for general elections. Launched this week across social media, the video used AI to manipulate the likenesses of people linked to Pedro Sánchez's Socialist party and appeared to show them admitting to acts such as soliciting prostitutes and taking...

URL: http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=192121&url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/23/opposition-deepfake-video-spain-election

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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #SpainElection #Deepfake #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Election2026 #PoliticalAdvertising #Disinformation #FakeNews #SocialMedia #SpanishPolitics

Opinion | Trump’s Abandonment of Ukraine

To the Editor: Re “Stop Appeasing Russia” (editorial, Oct. 21): The United States’ support for Ukraine in its…
#Ukraine #UA #Europe #Europa #EU #News #DonaldJ #PoliticalAdvertising #Putin #Steven #Trump #UnitedStatesPoliticsandGovernment #VladimirV #Volodymyr #Witkoff #Zelensky
https://www.europesays.com/ukraine/59687/

ICYMI: Berlin finds CDU, SPD, Greens and Left broke GDPR with Facebook targeting: Decisions dated September 24, 2026 cover 2021 Facebook ads aimed at voters' political interests. AfD's case is still open. Will parties now drop the practice? https://ppc.land/berlin-finds-cdu-spd-greens-and-left-broke-gdpr-with-facebook-targeting/ #GDPR #FacebookAds #PoliticalAdvertising #DataPrivacy #BerlinPolitics

Vance Defends Ramaswamy Ad Featuring Acton’s Mother Despite Backlash

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/politics/ramaswamy-acton-ad-ohio.html

Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s $20 Million Ad Campaign

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.telesurenglish.net/blocks-trump-20-million-ad-campaign/

Surprise Democratic Donor Blitzes Senate Races in Republican-Leaning States With Ads

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/us/politics/democratic-donor-senate-red-state-ads.html

An Ad Targeting Susan Collins’s Opponent, Troy Jackson, Airs in the Wrong Portland

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/us/politics/maine-troy-jackson-ad-portland-oregon.html

Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/us/politics/elon-musk-midterms.html

Democrats Tie Corruption to High Costs in Final Midterms Push

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/us/democrats-midterms-corruption-affordability.html

Today’s mail: 1 postcard from my local friendly game store with a coupon (yay!); 1 postcard from the utility company (EV related load planning); 15 political mailers, 3 copies of one of them, one for each member of the household 🤬

#politicaladvertising

https://www.europesays.com/unitedstates/17999/ Trump says he’ll stop using taxpayer funds for promo TV ads, shift cost to MAGA, Inc. #MAGAInc #PoliticalAdvertising #PoliticalCampaigns #PoliticalParties #SuperPAC #TaxpayerFunds #TelevisionAds #trump #TruthSocial #WhiteHouse

Family of Epstein Victim Appears in Ad Targeting Republican

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/us/politics/jeff-crank-jeffrey-epstein-virginia-giuffre.html

Mayors Are Filming Videos, Mamdani Style, With Varying Degrees of Cringe

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/us/mayors-tiktok-video-instagram-mamdani.html

Mayors Are Filming Videos, Mamdani Style, With Varying Degrees of Cringe

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/us/mayors-tiktok-video-instagram-mamdani.html

How Democrats Have Changed the Way They Talk About Trans Issues

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/us/politics/democrats-trans-athletes-midterms.html

Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/us/politics/trump-ads.html

Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/us/politics/trump-ads.html

Republicans Pull Money From North Carolina Senate Race As Midterm Prospects Dim

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/us/midterms-election-republicans-north-carolina-kansas.html

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/18025/ Trump Airs Iran War Propaganda Paid For By U.S. Tax Dollars #AmericanTaxDollars #FoxNews #Iran #PoliticalAdvertising #PresidentTrump #PublicCitizen #PublicServiceAnnouncements #TheTrump #USWarNews #WarPropaganda #WhiteHouse

A Tough Ad Reminds Nebraska Voters About a Brutal Crime and a Pardon

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/politics/ad-watch-nebraska-senate-race.html

YouTube And Meta Reverse Course On Musk Documentary Ads. X, Unsurprisingly, Does Not.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/28/youtube-and-meta-reverse-course-on-musk-documentary-ads-x-unsurprisingly-does-not/

A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government

As President Trump ran to return to the White House in 2024, his campaign released a somber, black-and-white…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #DonaldJ #PoliticalAdvertising #Trump #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/748889/

Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Political Ads: Unethical, Illegal, and Unacceptable

https://bluepress.blog/2026/09/27/trumps-taxpayer-funded-political-ads-unethical-illegal-and-unacceptable/

Republicans Enter Final Midterm Stretch With a Significant Financial Edge

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/us/politics/republicans-midterm-fundraising-maga-inc-trump.html

California Cracks Down on Influencers’ Undisclosed Political Ads

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/media/california-political-ads-influencers-law.html

https://www.europesays.com/news/79288/ Who Will Win the Midterms? Republicans Are Reeling. #CampaignFinance #DemocraticParty #DonaldJ #Headlines #MakeAmericaGreatAgain(MAGA)Inc #MidtermElections(2026) #News #PoliticalActionCommittees #PoliticalAdvertising #RepublicanParty #SenateMajorityPAC #TopStories #trump #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment

Who Will Win the Midterms? Republicans Are Reeling.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/midterms-map-republicans-democrats.html

GOP Midterm Anxiety Grows as Texas Senate Race Forces Massive New Spending

Texas was supposed to be safe Republican territory. Now GOP groups are spending tens of millions there as the fight for House and Senate control intensifies.

https://www.europesays.com/people/221426/ Musk-Funded PAC Blasts Out Anti-Trans Ads in Midterms #2026Midterms #election #Election2026 #Elections #ElonMusk #MidtermElections #Musk #PoliticalAdvertising #Republicans #SuperPacs #transgender

Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in TV Ad Fight

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/supreme-court-republicans-ads.html

Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in TV Ad Fight

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/supreme-court-republicans-ads.html

Grieving father accuses GOP of exploiting his son's murder for political gain

📰 Original title: Grieving father claims Republicans 'swindled' him into bogus attack ad

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/grieving-father-accuses-gop-of-exploiting-his-son-s-murder-for-political-gain.html?utm_source=mastodon_social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_social

#politics #gunviolence #politicaladvertising

Political Campaigns Are Quietly Paying Influencers to Support Candidates

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/us/politics/campaigns-paid-influencers.html

Political Campaigns Are Quietly Paying Influencers to Support Candidates

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/us/politics/campaigns-paid-influencers.html

Republicans Stumble In Bid To Flood Midterm Airwaves With Discounted Ads

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/28/republicans-stumble-in-bid-to-flood-midterm-airwaves-with-discounted-ads/

Republicans Stumble In Bid To Flood Midterm Airwaves With Discounted Ads

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/28/republicans-stumble-in-bid-to-flood-midterm-airwaves-with-discounted-ads/

A Republican Attack Ad Used a Family’s Tragedy. Now They’re Furious.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/us/jon-husted-campaign-ad-family-tragedy.html

New York Times: Google Just Made It Easier for Campaigns to Send You Fund-Raising Emails. This link goes to a gift article. “Google quietly rolled out a new program on Monday that will allow candidates, political parties and political action committees to more easily bypass Gmail’s spam filter and send fund-raising appeals to the inboxes of the company’s many millions of email users.”

City and State NY: State Democratic Party files formal complaint over Blakeman’s AI use . “The state Democratic Party is asking the state Board of Elections to take action against Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman’s use of generative artificial intelligence in his campaign materials. In a new letter to BOE officials shared exclusively with City & State, state Democratic […]

Politico: The AI industry won a primary fight. Now its target is inspiring lawmakers nationwide.. “A super PAC network backed by artificial intelligence executives hoped to make an example of Alex Bores when it targeted him for defeat in a Democratic House primary over his authorship of a New York AI law. Instead, the New York State assemblymember has emerged as an inspiration and a source of […]

FYI: IAB Polska guide forces 3-way split on political ad duties in Poland: Publishers, agencies and ad-tech vendors now get a three-role classification map under Regulation 2024/900. Pending EDPB targeting rules could still reshape it. https://ppc.land/iab-polska-guide-forces-3-way-split-on-political-ad-duties-in-poland/ #IABPolska #PoliticalAdvertising #Regulation2024 #AdvertisingIndustry #AdTech

The Frontier answers your questions about political advertising

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://tulsaflyer.org/2026/07/29/government/post/q-and-a-political-advertising/

CW: Occasional Foul Language. Always Political.

These traitors voted for the NDAA. They voted to spend $1.15 trillion of taxpayer funding to support Donald Trump’s military policies, including the War on Iran & the integration of U.S.’s military with that of a genocidal pariah state.

The blood of children is on their hands. Vote accordingly

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PsyPost: Are AI chatbots a threat to democracy? New study explores their persuasive power. “Two survey experiments comparing the cost-effectiveness of using LLM chatbots to persuade voters estimated that LLM-based persuasion costs $48 to $75 per voter, versus $100 for traditional methods, while being equally persuasive. However, they also found that traditional methods currently scale more […]

Spokesman-Review: WA Supreme Court upholds $35M fine against Meta. “A split Washington state Supreme Court on Thursday upheld both Washington’s bedrock campaign finance law and a more than $35 million fine against Meta for repeatedly violating that law. The case, in which Meta was found liable for not fully disclosing required information about political ads on Facebook, dates back nearly a […]

Oklahoma Voice: Oklahoma ethics agency to consider regulating use of AI in political campaigns. “The Ethics Commission officially kickstarted their rulemaking process Friday. The agency will explore options for regulating the tool, such as defining AI, requiring disclaimers when it’s used, exemptions for parody or satire and addressing concerns about First Amendment rights or protected […]

Powerful A.I. Super PACs Duel Over the Midterms: ‘This Is a War’

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/us/politics/anthropic-openai-super-pacs-midterms.html

FYI: Basis and DAX give political buyers exclusive audio for 2026 midterms: Basis integrates with DAX US to give political advertisers exclusive programmatic access to 100M+ listeners, L2 and Experian data for the 2026 U.S. election. https://ppc.land/basis-and-dax-give-political-buyers-exclusive-audio-for-2026-midterms/ #2026Elections #PoliticalAdvertising #Midterms2026 #ProgrammaticBuying #AudioMarketing

ICYMI: Basis and DAX give political buyers exclusive audio for 2026 midterms: Basis integrates with DAX US to give political advertisers exclusive programmatic access to 100M+ listeners, L2 and Experian data for the 2026 U.S. election. https://ppc.land/basis-and-dax-give-political-buyers-exclusive-audio-for-2026-midterms/ #Midterms2026 #PoliticalAdvertising #ProgrammaticAds #Election2026 #DigitalMarketing

BVDW's guide breaks down how to run political ads under EU's TTPW rules: Germany's BVDW today released an 8-page guide on EU TTPW political advertising compliance, focused on insertion-order campaigns and a 6-phase process matrix. https://ppc.land/bvdws-guide-breaks-down-how-to-run-political-ads-under-eus-ttpw-rules/ #PoliticalAdvertising #EUTTPW #DigitalMarketing #PPC #AdCompliance

FYI: Deep Sync and MiQ cut voter data activation from days to hours: Deep Sync and MiQ expand their programmatic political advertising partnership for 2026 midterms, promising voter data activation in under one hour and 53% more reach. https://ppc.land/deep-sync-and-miq-cut-voter-data-activation-from-days-to-hours/ #PoliticalAdvertising #VoterData #ProgrammaticAds #Election2026 #DigitalMarketing

ICYMI: Deep Sync and MiQ cut voter data activation from days to hours: Deep Sync and MiQ expand their programmatic political advertising partnership for 2026 midterms, promising voter data activation in under one hour and 53% more reach. https://ppc.land/deep-sync-and-miq-cut-voter-data-activation-from-days-to-hours/ #PoliticalAdvertising #VoterData #ProgrammaticAds #2026Elections #DigitalMarketing

Maine Morning Star: Maine considers regulation of AI-generated political ads. “Maine lawmakers advanced a proposal on Tuesday that would require political campaigns and political action committees to provide a disclosure label for any content significantly altered by artificial intelligence.”

FYI: Comscore and Yahoo DSP target 2026 voters with CTV political audiences: Comscore and Yahoo DSP launch Proximic Political Audiences on March 5, bridging linear TV data and CTV targeting for 2026 House, Senate, and Gubernatorial races. https://ppc.land/comscore-and-yahoo-dsp-target-2026-voters-with-ctv-political-audiences/ #PoliticalAdvertising #CTV #DigitalMarketing #VoterTargeting #2026Elections

Search Engine Land: Google contacts advertisers with a mandatory EU political ads deadline. “Google is reaching out directly to advertisers via email, requiring them to confirm whether their campaigns contain EU political ads — with a hard deadline of March 31st…. EU regulation now requires Google to verify political ad status across all active campaigns, and advertisers who don’t act […]

How Candidates Are Using Winks and Posts to Seek Crypto and A.I. Cash

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/us/politics/ai-crypto-money-midterms-congress.html

Digital Advertising Alliance sides with ad tech in Washington political ad case: Major platforms abandoned Washington political advertising after state imposed disclosure requirements that industry group argues create unconstitutional burdens. https://ppc.land/digital-advertising-alliance-sides-with-ad-tech-in-washington-political-ad-case/ #DigitalAdvertising #AdTech #PoliticalAdvertising #DisclosureRequirements #DigitalMarketing

New York Times: An A.I. Attack Ad Shows Texas Rivals Dancing the ‘Washington Waltz’. This link goes to a gift article. “A video from Ken Paxton, a Republican primary challenger to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, depicted A.I.-generated imagery of the senator twirling with Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic Senate candidate.”