by Comms Declare | Apr 10, 2025 | Articles, Political Advertising
Far right political advertiser, Advance, has started the month with an ad blitz across five fake community and fake news social media pages. In the first week of April, its Facebook pages took out the top three spots in spending for non-political parties. Source:...
by Comms Declare | Mar 29, 2025 | Political Advertising
Brace yourselves. There’s an election coming – and with it, an onslaught of climate misinformation. Coal baron, Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots, spent more than a million dollars in 21 days on Google ads, including all sorts of climate nonsense. In...
by Comms Declare | Mar 26, 2025 | Media, Political Advertising
If you’re a middle aged female with an interest in solar power, nuclear campaigners want you. In the week 15th to the 21st of March, Nuclear for Australia and its offshoot astroturfing group, Mums For Nuclear, spent a combined $89,233 on Meta ads, according to online...
by Comms Declare | Mar 4, 2025 | Political Advertising
The pro-nuclear group backed by businessman, Dick Smith, increased its advertising on Meta by 91% in February. Nuclear for Australia spent more than $42,000 on advertising – double the previous month, according to the political spending database, Who Targets Me....
by Comms Declare | Feb 20, 2025 | Articles, Political Advertising
There was some strange shenanigans on Meta in November, 2024.A fake independent was spotted on Facebook. Jonah Ryan’s photo appears to have been created by AI. His Facebook page (since deleted) and website (since deleted) were used to solicit emails for a...
