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Solving the political ad problem with transparency

  • Written by Seth Copen Goldstein, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
imageThe American people used to get more information in common.sirtravelalot/Shutterstock.com

Almost all the content and advertising on the internet is customized to each viewer. The impact of this kind of content distribution on the 2016 election is still being explored. But, we can certainly say that the campaigns used this to say different things to...

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