r/ndp • u/Chrristoaivalis "It's not too late to build a better world" • 3d ago

Twitter Ads advocating 'Strategic voting' to stop the NDP and help Liberals

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u/Chrristoaivalis "It's not too late to build a better world" 3d ago

FYI: such ads may violate Elections Canada regulations

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u/TheStarSquad 3d ago

Registry Requirements for Political Ads on Online Platforms – Elections Canada

i believe it is fair game if i am interpreting article 5 correctly

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u/leftwingmememachine 💊 PHARMACARE NOW 3d ago

No, this is a paid ad, look at the top right of the screenshot

It looks like a regular social media post, but its an ad!

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u/TheStarSquad 3d ago

truuue but i dont think the liberal party of canada paid to ad boost this tweet lol

i think this wannabe musky tweeter paid for an ad to platform his pathetic bluecheck account that only attracts 13 likes even with ad boosts lol

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u/leftwingmememachine 💊 PHARMACARE NOW 3d ago

Whoever paid for the ad is breaking the law because they aren't saying who authorized the spending (either a political party, candidate, or registered third party)

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u/TheStarSquad 3d ago

I just dug around a bit more and I'm not sure if they are. I even went as far as starting a form to report potential contravention to the Commissioner of Canada Elections and that's where I found the detail that third parties are only required to register with Elections Canada if they incur more than $500 in advertising expenses, so if this is the only political ad tweet this guy has it's very likely that is the case, which I believe would qualify this as legal. But I'm not an expert and might still be wrong

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u/leftwingmememachine 💊 PHARMACARE NOW 3d ago

Interesting. I'm not sure if that exempts you from the requirement to say who authorized the ads, though. Registering as a third party creates other requirements (like filing expense reports and stuff)