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TopicPolitical ads

Topic: Political ads

BJP ads targeting Congress are downright inflammatory. EC’s slowness to ban makes it suspect

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Twitter takes a swipe at Facebook and bans political ads

Kurt Wagner -
Twitter plans to publish a new political ads policy outlining the change in a few weeks, which will be enforced globally and go into effect 22 Nov.

The fightback against Facebook is getting stronger across the world

Leighton Andrews -
Governments, legislators and regulators will not accept status quo. Where Facebook has users, governments will regulate.

Too much of Modi, Rahul everywhere? Not really, ad spend is actually down this poll season

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
According to research firm AdEx, there were far fewer political ads across media between January and March this year compared to 2014. Only radio ads grew.

Kejriwal’s Delhi govt spent Rs 274 crore on ads since 2015 – four times more than Congress

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
The Arvind Kejriwal government has courted frequent criticism for its heavy expenditure on ads, which have been flagged for breaching SC guidelines.

Facebook takes down 11,000 political ads by Helo, owned by same Chinese company as TikTok

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
The Helo app’s ads did not promote any particular political party but used politicians’ names and doctored images to expand its own footprint.

EC wants curbs on Facebook, Twitter political ads, but that’s unlikely before Lok Sabha polls

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
The Election Commission has written to the law ministry seeking a check on political ads on Facebook and Twitter ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

On Camera

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Opinion

How the US is rapidly reaching the limits of imperial over-reach

R Jagannathan -
Beyond the immediate protection of Israel and its borders, which the USA could reasonably commit itself to, it did not need to get into every war in the Muslim world.

Supreme Court’s maternity leave verdict corrects a flawed idea of motherhood in law

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What’s the prognosis of the US-Israel-Iran war? Strategic defeat of the US is ordained

Economy

Why the US shouldn’t try to outsmart the oil market

Javier Blas -
Selling oil futures would be a desperate ploy, born of panic about rising US gasoline and diesel retail prices ahead of the midterm elections.

Defence

Israel’s tolerance for persistent threats on its borders has eroded: US intel on Iran war

Snehesh Alex Philip -
When conflict with Iran ends, says the report, area’s key players are likely to reexamine longstanding assumptions & alliances as they determine how best to advance their interests.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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