Laura Edelson, Director of NYU's Cybersecurity for Democracy, joins Democracy Nerd to discuss the organization's Ad Observer project to track and report online political advertising on Facebook & Twitter, research regarding the "platform effect" that helps the spread of false and misleading political ads, and the circumstances that led to Facebook sending a "cease and desist" letter.

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Episode 36: Monitoring Online Political Advertising w/ Laura Edelson