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Blair for EU President

Blair for EU President

I’m still desperately searching for some Blair4EU material and this is the best I can find – if anyone comes … More

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Disrupting Expectations

To continue on my recent theme of emotive political advertising… Faris Yakob has written a brilliant piece that investigates one … More

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Banksy submitted this “Vote to Love” artwork to this year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition under a pseudonym. It was rejected. The RA separately and subsequently asked Banksy if he had anything he'd like to show...

This is ‘deepfake’ video in action. - Deepfake is a new AI-enabled technology that allows people to create fairly realistic face-and-voice-swap videos. - It was recently used for the first time by a mainstream political party in an advertisement. Whilst it looks a bit ropey, the technology is going to get more realistic, easier to use and will be like a turbocharged version of ‘fake news’. - I’ve written about how deepfake video technology came about, what problems it is likely to cause and why it provides us with another reason to regulate political advertising. - Check politicaladvertising.co.uk for a link to the article.

It’s a landslide win for the pro-choice Yes campaign. Exit polls show a huge margin of victory for those wanting to repeal the 8th Amendment of the Irish constitution banning abortion. - I expected it to be close, it looks like the opposite is true: seemingly Yes have won in every region, amongst both men & women and in every age group below 65. - - - - #8thref #hometovote #8thamendment #electionday

The Irish referendum on abortion takes place on Friday - new post on politicaladvertising.co.uk looks at 5 reasons why No campaign could close the gap in the polls

10 days to go until Ireland’s referendum on abortion. A survey last weekend found 45% in favour of repealing the law banning abortion, 34% against, 18% undecided and 4% not expressing an opinion. From the look of the latest advertising by the pro-choice campaign, I would bet that the majority of those still undecided are men. #8thref

🚨 New project 🚨 Today we have launched the Coalition For Reform In Political Advertising. It’s a collection of groups, companies & individuals demanding changes to advertising around our elections. Join us! Reformpoliticaladvertising.org

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