• scott_anon_21@lemmy.ca
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      14 days ago

      Is marking something as a political advertisement a requirement and what’s the best way to do that? And just for the original post? Still learning the conventions.

      • unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth
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        13 days ago

        I don’t think it’s a requirement per se, but generally when an ad is shared it should be clear that it is an ad IMO. Especially in this case, it looks like it’s not an ad but an explanation video.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      13 days ago

      Gee a politician making a video is a political ad?

      So is Dougie pouring out bottles of Crown Royal.

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        13 days ago

        Good for you if you immediately recognize her as a politician.

        Not everyone will. For those who don’t, it’s only revealed towards the end of the video. In fact, earlier in the video a statement is made that almost makes it sounds like she’s a journalist:

        And here’s the thing: we only found about it because of freedom of information requests that we had filed - that journalists had filed