Pain in the ads: How politics turned social media into a battleground

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 30 April 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Labour’s attack ads against Sunak put targeted political advertising back in the spotlight. But the Tories have done more than their fair share of online attack ads too – not least to win over the public to *cough* Brexit. Have they gone too far? And how do we moderate what goes online? Alex Andreou talks to Kyle Taylor, founder of Fair Vote UK and author of The Little Black Book of Data and Democracy. “When social media emerged we thought it would be this public town square. The reason it’s been so successful is because it’s the exact opposite.” - Kyle Taylor “The thing about political ads is you do want more people to vote for you, but you only want to tell each box what they want to hear.” - Kyle Taylor “Taking things for granted in the digital age is a fool's errand.” - Kyle Taylor. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Alex Andreou Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production: Jade Bailey Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:14.3	parties are gearing up for what is seen as a dry run for next year's general election
1:19.5	negative ads hotly debated in studios leaflets, good and bad disseminated across social
1:25.8	media, and fears about online targeting, data harvesting, bots and astroturfing are front and center again.
1:33.7	But have we learned what we needed to learn from the Brexit campaign onwards?
1:38.4	Have we made the changes necessary?
1:40.9	My guest today is a leading campaign on Digital Democracy Reform and Platform Regulation, the founder and director of Fair Vote UK, which published evidence of vote leaves law-breaking and the author of The Little Black Book of Data and Democracy.
1:56.4	He has also worked on several real election campaigns, including the Nail Biter 2020 US Georgia Senate runoff.
2:05.7	Welcome to the bunker, Kyle Taylor.
2:08.5	Hey, thank you so much for having me.
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