Category Archives: campaigns
“Mike Bloomberg transfers his campaign assets to Democratic Party to fight President Trump in swing states”
WaPo:
Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg has decided to donate significant components of his shuttered presidential campaign to the Democratic Party, a historic bequest that includes an $18 million cash infusion to organize for the general election in swing… Continue reading
“At Party for Donald Trump Jr.’s Girlfriend, Donors Helped Pick Up the Tab”
“Coronavirus threatens to disrupt the presidential primary as one state delays a vote and others race to minimize health risks”
“‘All of it presents a challenge’: Down ballot candidates grapple with impact of coronavirus”
“Biden ad manipulates video to slam Trump”
WaPo:
An onslaught of political advertising is par for the course in any election year. The 2020 presidential contest proves to be no exception.So, on first glance, nothing was unusual when former vice president Joe Biden, who appears to… Continue reading
“Coronavirus forcing changes in campaigning and voting”
Boston Globe:
Sudden changes to election procedures could lead to long lines and confusion, Hasen said.“You’ve got to have good planning, and you have to have good messaging. If people don’t know where to go, then they can be… Continue reading
“From handshakes to kissing babies, virus upends campaigning”
“Political Advertising, Digital Platforms, and the Democratic Deficiencies of Self-Regulation”
Rob Yablon has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Minn. L. Rev. Headnotes). Here is the abstract:
Amid ongoing concerns about foreign electoral interference and fake news, digital platforms like Facebook, Google, and Twitter have been rolling out new political… Continue reading
“The Technology 202: Twitter’s first ‘manipulated media’ flag on Trump aide ignites fact-checking debate”
WaPo:
Social media sites are once again at the center of a debate over online speech after Twitter applied its new “manipulated media” label for the first time yesterday to a deceptively edited video of former vice president Joe… Continue reading
“Mike Bloomberg plans new group to support Democratic nominee”
WaPo:
Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg has decided to form an independent expenditure campaign that will absorb hundreds of his presidential campaign staffers in six swing states to work to elect the Democratic nominee this fall.The group, with a… Continue reading
“Facebook Removes Misleading Trump Census Ads”
NYT:
Facebook said on Thursday that it had removed misleading ads run by President Trump’s re-election campaign about the 2020 census, in a stand against disinformation ahead of the decennial population count that begins next week.Earlier this week, Trump Make… Continue reading
“Facebook allows Trump campaign to run deceptive Census ads”
Judd Legum for Popular Information.
“Report: Russian social accounts sow election discord – again”
AP:
Four years after Russia-linked groups stoked divisions in the U.S. presidential election on social media platforms, a new report shows that Moscow’s campaign hasn’t let up and has become harder to detect.The report from University of Wisconsin-Madison professor… Continue reading