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Does anybody have numbers for how much revenue companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter even earn from political ads? At this point it is hard for me to ima
by majos 7y ago
Does anybody have numbers for how much revenue companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter even earn from political ads? At this point it is hard for me to imagine that revenue is worth the public backlash, regardless of my opinion on whether that backlash is justified.
- radicaldreamer 7y agoIt’s not about revenue, it’s about being indispensable to politicians and using that as leverage to prevent regulatory actions.
- throwaway1777 7y agoNot really, for instance Facebook is constantly arguing that they want to be regulated in the domain of political ads.
- buboard 7y agoThe total political ad revenue for 2016 was $1.8 billion. It's not that big > is worth the public backlash There will be backlash with or without ads. Twitter will also get a lot of blaming for not allowing small parties to have a voice.
- perch56 7y agoRomania recently held presidential elections. Officially all the candidates spent 690.000 euro for online ads. Other countries such as Greece spent ~1 million euro. This article in Romanian details more https://romania.europalibera.org/amp/30285024.html https://romania.europalibera.org/amp/30285024.html