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Wondering about the consequences to the Hungarian government, which is by far the largest spender on Meta political advertisement in the EU (yes, bigger than Ge
by poisonborz 1y ago
Wondering about the consequences to the Hungarian government, which is by far the largest spender on Meta political advertisement in the EU (yes, bigger than Germany or the EU Parliament itself). I only have last year's data (per capita), since then the spending grew significantly.
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- miltonlost 1y agoHopefully will reduce the right-wing propaganda and Orbán’s stranglehold on the country. He’s been a big maker in the authoritarian playbooks being used across the world now
- pbnjeh 1y agoIIRC, I saw some reporting that Hungary was spending (far) more on ads targeting other European countries and those elections, than on ads targeting their own. In other words, an instigator, agent, and/or vehicle for right wing propaganda Europe-wide.
- riffraff 1y agoI've seen so many ads by the HU government and associated entities on YouTube I think they must be in the top 3 there too.
- chpatrick 1y agoI hope this change also covers government-affiliated entities like Megafon, CÖF etc.
- soco 1y agoNow I must wonder how come I never see any kind of political ads on Facebook...???
- Tuna-Fish 1y agoFacebook allows targeting specific groups of people, you don't belong to one that anyone wanted to show political ads to.
- duxup 1y agoI don't know if I would want government advertising, but I find this interesting as most of the advertising I get is weird food related ads and so on. I don't want to buy your meat sticks people, or your 5G blocking beanie ...