Politics, Elections and Online Advertising

To quote the great political philosopher Cyndi Lauper, “Money changes everything.” And nowhere is that proverb more taken to heart than in a federa... (2018)

The Economist, 2017: "Scandal, outrage and politics: Facebook, Google and Twitter were supposed to save politics as good information drove out pr... (2017)

Reuters, 2017: "Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Monday that Russia-based operatives published about 80,000 posts on the social network over a two-year... (2017)

TED talk, 2017: "We're building an artificial intelligence-powered dystopia, one click at a time, says techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci. In an ey... (2017)

CFR, Council on Foreign Relations, 2017: "The internet makes it easy for political ad buyers to obfuscate their donors and handlers. Despite the c... (2017)

The Atlantic, 2017: And why it was so hard to see it coming "The potential for Facebook to have an impact on an election was clear for at least ... (2017)

How do bots and trolls work to infiltrate social media platforms and influence U.S. elections? We take a closer look at these insidious online pest... (2018)

These experts say they can divine political preferences you can’t express from signals you don’t know you’re producing. (2018)

Every single day, no matter where we are, thousands of auditive & visual stimuli are force-fed to our brains. But how pervasive are they? (2018)