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Looking at the site, it looks like this focuses on US politics. Being a US citizen, I'm totally fine with this. An easily searchable archive of political ads sh
by korethr 10y ago
Looking at the site, it looks like this focuses on US politics. Being a US citizen, I'm totally fine with this. An easily searchable archive of political ads should make it easier to call BS on our politicians when necessary.
I find myself wondering, however, what it would take to extend this effort to other countries of the world. I have a few friends in Canada and in Europe, and speaking with them, I get the impression that the politics of their respective countries are just as susceptible to shenanigans as that of the US. I think someone politically active in say, Sweden, would want to be able to call out his or her leaders for supporting puppy-kicking or baby-eating just as much as someone in the US would.
- slifty 10y agoYou are correct -- this is only US Politics right now. The biggest limitation we face is simply getting reliable access source material / TV content. In order to count airings of ads in another country we would need access to video streams. We do have a few international channels in our TV Archive (although we don't use them for the Political TV Ad Archive). We'd love to expand that some day...
- kalleboo 10y agoMany countries also just don't allow political advertising on TV. Sweden allows it, but almost all the TV channels are based in the UK which bans it.
- stuaxo 10y agoWe do have explicit "and now a party political broadcast by the {partyname} party." In the uk.