Hacker News with Generative AI: Political Advertising

Influence by Design: How Meta Accepted Russian Payments Despite Sanctions (checkfirst.network)
Titled Influence by Design: Doppelgänger, Sanctions, Meta, and the Social Design Agency (SDA), the report sheds light on how Meta’s advertising infrastructure was used to run over 8,000 political ads aligned with Russian interests, even after international sanctions targeted the responsible entity: the Social Design Agency (SDA). This highlights Meta’s shortcomings at moderating paid-for content.
Research Note: Meta's Role in Romania's 2024 Presidential Election (checkfirst.network)
The findings highlight systemic failures in the moderation of political advertising on Meta platforms, which allowed influence campaigns to thrive during the 2024 presidential election.