#political-advertising

#political-advertising

Newly filed records with the Department of Justice show that Israel's government has quietly launched a two-track influence operation in the United States, blending big-budget political advertising with grassroots-style influencer campaigns. The filings reveal that a firm called Bridges Partners LLC has been hired to manage an influencer network under a project code-named the "Esther Project." It is unclear if there is any link to Project Esther, a plan to combat antisemitism published by the Heritage Foundation, an American right-wing think tank.

Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group (IPG) on Friday agreed to a finalized consent order from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that imposes restrictions on how the agencies can handle advertising around political content. Omnicom and IPG in June said they would adhere to the regulator's demands to not deny ad spend to publishers or platforms based on "specific political or ideological viewpoints." Following a mandatory public comment period, the order has been updated with more specific, expanded directives.

➡️ Things took a weird and annoying turn in today's top stories, starting with Log Cabin Republicans attending a Kennedy Center concert just to heckle a musician who criticizes Trump. Pete Buttigieg had an appropriate response to Tucker Carlson claiming he's not really gay, and a Moms for Liberty chair stripped down to her underwear at a school board meeting to make LGBTQ+ people look bad (somehow).

"How radical is Abigail Spanberger?" a voice says at the start of the 30-second spot. "She didn't just vote to let men in girls' locker rooms. She wrote the bill. Spanberger believes this man has the right to undress next to little girls, but it gets worse. If a child wants to change genders, Spanberger says the parents shouldn't be told. That's insane."

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Meta points out that the TTPA regulation introduces significant obligations that complicate the advertising process, leading to legal uncertainty for advertisers and platforms in the EU.

It's garbage day in Kentucky, which begins the ad, as candidate Nate Morris criticizes Mitch McConnell for the political messes that need cleaning up.