2022-08-12
BREAKING: The FEC just voted that Gmail's proposed pilot program to allow political campaigns to send spam email would not be illegal under current regulations. This hands a distinct electoral advantage to Republican campaigns, as I outlined here: https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
The US FEC approves Google's proposal to keep campaign emails from being marked as spam, after GOP lawmakers said Gmail was censoring right-wing emails
2022-03-14
Facebook continues finding new and incomprehensible ways to do immeasurable harm. https://twitter.com/...
Wired
Research: 23 of the top 30 search results for the numbers 11, 12, 13 on Facebook were groups targeting children of those ages, including with sexual references
& with rising disbelief found it impossible to get them taken down. This is my story. https://www.wired.com/... Quinns / @quinns108 : “Meanwhile, as Facebook's recommendation engin...
2021-08-04
Private equity firm Apax partners is acquiring EveryAction, which recently acquired Salsa, ActionKit, Blue State Digital and several other technology companies nonprofits and Democratic campaigns rely on to reach supporters and raise money: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
PE firm Apax Partners says it is merging three companies that make software for non-profits, EveryAction, Social Solutions, and CyberGrants, in a deal worth $2B
and it leads to scammy practices having a PE firm in charge seems next level bad https://twitter.com/... Matt Browner Hamlin / @mattkbh : Good to see private equity making big move...
2021-02-11
Big thanks to @ec_schneider for this piece that raises the consequences of political campaigns buying and selling email addresses with no opt-in mechanism for individuals. Quick 🧵expanding on what's covered in this piece. 1/10 https://twitter.com/...
Politico
Political campaigns are shifting marketing dollars after ad bans by Facebook and Google, with email lists, influencers, and other ad platforms on the rise
Renting, swapping and selling campaign email lists to new candidates and causes is a booming political business, but it comes with risks. Tweets: @davidsiders , @josh_nelson , @ec_...