Why you should know about microtargeting, and how it works in political advertising.

Featuring: @EmilyStewartM @davidkgoldstein

Links to resources discussed: Why everybody is freaking out about political ads on Facebook and Google

Campaigns Say  Google Ad Policy Sidesteps Problem of Disinformation

Cambridge Analytica’s “psychographic microtargeting”: what’s bullshit and what’s legit

Reset episode on Twitter banning political ads

Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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