[throwaway87543]

Campaign finance laws were set up tell you where the line is. There needs to be a line because the amount of reach you have should not grow with your wealth. But Citizens United made the money as speech an unlimited right. Spending $250 is a completely different category than spending $250 million.

[judahmeek]

But where's the line between political contribution & opinionated news article about a political candidate?

[tartuffe78]

Having unlimited funds to make sure everyone sees your opinion.

[judahmeek]

In the age of LLMs, separating money from speech on the internet (where the most desired sociodemographics live) is literally impossible.

You restrict ads, they just create more bots or even pay actual people to express certain opinions.