“Don’t lie to people” is all very good until u remember how funny it is to give the wrong birthday to an astrology person and have them go “that explains so much abt you
If you’re curious what Elon Musk’s political funds are doing, apparently some of it’s going to a PAC that’s running these ads simultaneously; the first in predominately Muslim areas, and the second in areas with a large Jewish population
404 Media looked into it & discovered they’re microtargeting the ads (using data from similar video ads on Snapchat); the former is running in Detroit suburbs like Dearborn, and the latter is being targeted in such a granular way they’re able to target specific neighborhoods (in this case, Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill)
The article also details how they’re trying to aim ads at African-Americans by targeting interest categories like “hip hop fans” and “basketball fans”
amhrancas 