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Russia illegally spent something like $100,000 on political ads. Thats basically nothing compared to aggregate political spending.

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mjparrott 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It is mind blowing to me that this fact is not widely understood. A mountain was made out of a molehill. $4B was spent in 2016. $12B in 2024. Yet $100,000 somehow is believed to have made any difference whatsoever. Literally 0.0025% of the total in 2016.

*Source: https://www.emarketer.com/content/political-ad-spend-nearly-...

	▲	seizethecheese 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This is, of course, because both USA political parties run their own propaganda machines
	▲	lossolo 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Because it's a good scapegoat, why take responsibility for losing an election when you can easily shift the blame to someone else?

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epolanski 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Meanwhile US channels this propaganda money through no profits.

	▲	dv_dt 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yup exactly the same thing is happening only with money laundered through nonprofits and political pacs. Once its there the same buy data and place ads & influence is completely legal - which makes the singled out ban on TikTok at odds with the stated purpose of it