[smt88]

While I agree and think I generally approve of tech companies banning political ads, these bans are still not an apolitical move.

They're going to disproportionately affect underdog and non-incumbent candidates, as well as anyone who needs the voters purged in places like Georgia.

[3fe9a03ccd14ca5]

I think it will affect the incumbent the most. Trump used the impeachment fiasco to do record fundraising, and now he’s heading into 2020 with a massive war chest.

With major platforms banning political ads, they’re increasingly making that war chest less valuable.

[bdcravens]

I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunities to spend that money on traditional media.

[throwGuardian]

It's all a big coincidence, the timing of this, affecting a party that's not popular among tech titans, no breach of ethics here at all. Everyone remembers the groundswell opposition from tech, to the Obama campaign's use of social media and targeted advertising, right? No?

Wait, was the media and tech sprawling with fawning reviews, declaring the Obama campaign a genius use of tech?

[smt88]

> increasingly making that war chest less valuable

Phone banking, knocking on doors, and (as someone else said) traditional media are all easy ways to spend money.

Trump needed cost-effective social media before, but now he won't be as reliant on it.

[mandeepj]

> Trump needed cost-effective social media before, but now he won't be as reliant on it.

Which is good. No more of Cambridge Analytica and following -

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-facebooks-embed-in-the-trum...