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In defense of digital political ads

Separate decisions from Meta and Google to close digital political ads offerings in the EU are a direct attack on free speech and transparency.
In defense of digital political ads
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IT'S MONDAY, AND THIS IS DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and here's a little plug for my day job.

As part of work I'm doing linked to the United Kingdom's efforts around social media transparency and accountability, we'll be holding a webinar with regulators and policymakers on Aug. 6 (at 11am UK time / 6am ET — sorry!) about the country's new data access efforts. You can sign up here.

— Google and Meta's collective pullback on political ad transparency in the European Union harms free speech and the public's engagement with political campaigns.

— What Big Tech's recent earnings season demonstrates about their high-wire geopolitical balance between the United States and everyone else.

— Almost half of the United Kingdom has never used artificial intelligence tools in their daily lives.

Let's get started:

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