Political Ads: EU Lawmakers must uphold human rights to privacy and free expression - AlgorithmWatch
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In light of a leaked “non-paper” from the European Commission, AlgorithmWatch and 26 other civil society organizations have called on EU co-legislators to address our serious concerns about the proposed regulation on Targeting and Transparency of Political Advertising.

targeted advertising […] have a serious negative impact on election #integrity […] risks democratic pluralism and #freedom of expression contained in the Council’s proposal […] tactics should have no place in #HumanRights respecting democracies […] goes against what the majority of #people want

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  • dedale@kbin.social
    10·
    2 years ago

    All advertising is harmful, a complete ad ban would be wonderful, very hard to enforce thought.

    • Bicyclejohn
      51·
      2 years ago

      The only good advertising is honest word of mouth from buyer to buyer. No marketing team involved

      • Noodlez@programming.dev
        12·
        2 years ago

        I disagree with this. If a new shop comes out, how are they supposed to get word-of-mouth over the bigger, more shopped at shop, even if it is better? People will stick with what they know, and the new shop will die. Maybe this is a naïve perspective, but that’s how I am thinking here.

        • Bicyclejohn
          21·
          2 years ago

          Good point. Some degree of marketing should be allowed for small companies

  • nivenkos@lemmy.world
    110·
    2 years ago

    Why? It helps people see things that are relevant to them which helps them find things they want, helps small businesses find niche audiences, and keeps the economy moving.

    This sort of anti-technology stuff is why the EU is becoming an economic backwater vs. the USA.