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by brownkonas 2430 days ago
More broadly, Congress has failed to act with respect to campaign finance reform. Twitter's response gives me (some) hope that there could be a grass roots, free market reform of sorts.

Fundraising becomes slightly less important if you can't spend the money online. Not sure of the overall effect, as TV providers are unlikely to turn away the lucrative ad spend.

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The humans need to come to terms with how we communicate facts and opinions. This started in the modern age with Bernays [1] in 1928.

I'd like to have an ISO9001 traceable, encrypted log of all the ads shown to me. Every pixel that was placed on a screen meant to change my mind. And it should be traceable all the way back to the mine the ore was dug from.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_(book)