I don’t think so, this is not new. At least in France there are rules regarding political spending and advertising. The basic idea is that even with an unlimit

I don’t think so, this is not new. At least in France there are rules regarding political spending and advertising. The basic idea is that even with an unlimited amount of money, you are not allowed to buy significantly more tv time than your opponents, campaign spending is capped etc. Since 2021 that’s what google does for France : no ads about a debate of general interest three months before an election. On tv it’s manageable : there are not many channels, and everything is declared, at worse just have a bunch of people watch and report. I understand that google can’t deal with this automatically. I am not saying it necessarily works well in practice, just that it’s not a new idea.