EU Political Ad Rules Leave Elections Open to Foreign Manipulation

Liz Carolan is a fellow at Tech Policy Press.

New research on Cyprus’s parliamentary election identifies serious vulnerabilities in Europe’s new political advertising regulatory framework ahead of crucial elections in France, Spain, Italy and Poland.

According to the research by MedDMO — Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory — major technology companies, including Meta and TikTok, repeatedly sold political advertisements to election candidates and anonymous third parties in the European Union despite saying they had banned the practice. Many of

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