Who Targets Me

The student list massively outspent Vucic online during the campaign. Lots of enthusiasm for change it appears.

Looks from this chart as if Bolsonaro had greater resources for both rounds of the Brazilian presidential election (data lags by a few days, so we won't know for sure until Weds).

The student list massively outspent Vucic online during the campaign. Lots of enthusiasm for change it appears.

Today, a judge in New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $25 billion for misleading users on data privacy and a range of other statements that a jury deemed deceptive (and willfully so). Last month I broke down the jury's determinations on each of the questions posed to it:

Republicans spent just $160,000 on ads mentioning Donald Trump last week, while Democrats spent $7,000,000. It's a clear sign the president's own party considers him a liability in the midterms.

Republicans spent just $160,000 on ads mentioning Donald Trump last week, while Democrats spent $7,000,000. It's a clear sign the president's own party considers him a liability in the midterms.

There's a mini-referendum in Alberta, Canada today. Those ultimately in favour of Alberta leaving Canada have outspent their "remain" opponents by an 80-20 margin on social media. Despite this, it's likely they'll lose heavily. Ad dashboard here: trends.whotargets.me/reports/fd4f...

New post - on how the Republicans, through a lack of campaign practice and competition, might be messing up in Texas. fulldisclosure.whotargets.me/p/the-americ...

Ads about data centers continue to grow in reach ahead of the US midterms. Important trend - more campaigns getting on board, driven by Democratic campaigns and PACs.

New post - on how the Republicans, through a lack of campaign practice and competition, might be messing up in Texas. fulldisclosure.whotargets.me/p/the-americ...

Pushing all the populist buttons at once, hoovering up as much supporter data as they possibly can.

For any Australians, specifically Victorians, following this account, we have a day-by-day ad tracking dashboard for your forthcoming state election. Things just starting to pick up: trends.whotargets.me/reports/5e84...

And now going after Ed Davey and the Liberal Democrats too. A party remembering where they might have mislaid their votes.

Anthropic finds that people mostly don't ask Claude how they should vote, though about 1 in 20 conversations are about politics in a broader sense. www.anthropic.com/news/2026-us...

Pushing all the populist buttons at once, hoovering up as much supporter data as they possibly can.

More ads from Reform this morning - on fuel duty cuts and shutting down the asylum system. Their average daily spend on Meta this week is around £7,500, way more than anyone else.

There are a lot of practicalities to work out with a proposal like this, but if you'd like politicians to be more honest online, it'd be a start.

New post: How digital ads broke the way we regulate elections in the UK (and what might be done about it). whotargets.me/en/how-digit...

New blog: What if online political ads included an automatic right of reply? whotargets.me/en/a-right-o...

Huh, Restore Britain Clacton branch has started running ads. There will be no pact on the right if Farage is forced to fight a second by election.

New blog: What if online political ads included an automatic right of reply? whotargets.me/en/a-right-o...

Here it is, the big Reform ad/petition combo on "No rejoining the EU".

We’ve tracked about $80 million in spending on almost 170 unique ads that use AI. What we found has surprised us. theconversation.com/weve-tracked...

Reform just launched Facebook ads *specifically* targeting the Gosport area (PO12-14 postcodes), scene of repeated protests against the arrival of small boats.

American Midterm Dispatch #2: Maine. Can Republican PACs help re-elect Susan Collins? fulldisclosure.whotargets.me/p/the-americ...

American Midterm Dispatch #2: Maine. Can Republican PACs help re-elect Susan Collins? fulldisclosure.whotargets.me/p/the-americ...