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MapLight research on the influence of money and politics.
Hamsini Sridharan
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May 27, 2020
MapLight is pleased to support two bills introduced in the House of Representatives this week that aim to tackle the threats posed by microtargeting in political advertising.
Alec Saslow
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May 21, 2020
Facebook has shown itself willing and able to address Covid-19 misinformation, but unwilling to tackle disinformation from politicians on topics that could have serious implications for our democracy and the public interest.
Ann M. Ravel and Hamsini Sridharan
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May 08, 2020
Beyond its potentially disastrous consequences for public health, disinformation about the pandemic has become a weapon for organized political actors.
Frank Bass
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April 21, 2020
Advocates of the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline have spent more than 600 times the amount on lobbying over the last year than its opponents have mustered.
Bergen Smith, Hamsini Sridharan, Laura Curlin
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April 16, 2020
In 2018, the average elected candidate in Mountain View raised just $23,000, less than half of the $63,000 brought in by the average elected Palo Alto city council candidate that year
Frank Bass
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April 10, 2020
The three presidential contenders who were still in the race at the end of March have spent almost half their total on Facebook ads during the first three months of the year.
Alec Saslow
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April 07, 2020
With in-person signature gathering unsafe during the COVID-19 pandemic, MapLight is offering to install secure signature collection software free-of-charge for citites and states to move forward with digital endorsements for candidates and ballot measures.