[title] Turf Wars
[desc] The most recent venture by your Chief Advisor into MyFace has yielded the terrifying discovery of a deluge of posts criticising your leadership from the group "@@NAME@@ Proud", containing blatant disinformation and an unflattering picture of you with a bacon sandwich. @@NAME@@ Proud claims to be financed by grassroots donations, but the bulk of its funding in reality comes from corporate donors and your political opponents, causing many of your officials to worry about "astroturfing", where sponsors are hidden to give the appearance of being supported by grassroots donations.
[validity] Co-authored by Ikania. Invalid for nations with the internet banned, the "No Dissent" policy or socialism.
[option]"We really are allowing these organisations to take corporate dark money and pass it off as if it's the average @@DEMONYM@@ making their voice heard?" rhetorically questions @@RANDOMNAME@@, your Chief Advisor. "They pour millions of @@CURRENCY@@ into social media ad buys, and hide the fact that they're bought and sold by unpatriot- I mean, rich donors with ulterior motives. We must ban corporations from funding political groups that advertise on social media."
[effect]landscaping companies are mistakenly accused of violating election laws
[option]"Let's not be too hasty here," interjects your greasy Minister of Finance. "Banning this practice is violating those corporations' right to free speech. Look, I hate disinformation as much as any clean, upright, moral politician. But if we didn't let these companies speak for the little guy, who would? Us? We should simply mandate the full disclosure of every financial backer in these advertisements, so people can make their own minds up about who to trust."
[effect]political ads have a longer list of sponsors than an F1 Grand Prix car
[option_validity] Cars are legal
[option]"Let's not be too hasty here," interjects your greasy Minister of Finance. "Banning this practice is violating those corporations' right to free speech. Look, I hate disinformation as much as any clean, upright, moral politician. But if we didn't let these companies speak for the little guy, who would? Us? We should simply mandate the full disclosure of every financial backer in these advertisements, so people can make their own minds up about who to trust."
[effect]political ads have a longer list of sponsors than a Tour de @@NAME@@ bicycle
[option_validity] Cars are banned
[option]"There's only one way to effectively fight fire: fire!" yelps your brother, with @@CURRENCY@@ signs in his eyes. "Let's just take a dollop of taxpayer money and pour it into our OWN organizations! Everywhere they want to buy an ad, we buy it first! Every slot, spot and space they try to take, we'll be there with more cash and of course, more votes. If you think a picture of you with a bacon sandwich was bad, wait until we show the world the opposition leader trying to ride a bike!"
[effect]bacon sandwiches are advertised better by political ads than regular ads
[title] Turf Wars
[desc] The most recent venture by your Chief Advisor into MyFace has yielded terrifying discoveries, worst of all a deluge of posts criticising your leadership from the group "@@NAME@@ Proud", containing blatant disinformation and an unflattering picture involving you and a bacon sandwich. @@NAME@@ Proud claims to be financed by grassroots donations, but in reality the bulk of its funding comes from corporate donors and your political opponents. This has caused many of your officials to worry about "astroturfing", where political sponsors are masked to give the appearance of being supported by grassroots donations.
[validity] Co-authored by Ikania. Invalid for nations with the internet banned.
[option]"We really are allowing these organisations to take corporate dark money and pass it off as if it's the average @@DEMONYM@@ making their voice heard?" rhetorically questions @@RANDOMNAME@@, your Chief Advisor. "They pour millions of @@CURRENCY@@ into social media ad buys, and hide the fact that they're bought and sold by unpatriot- I mean, rich donors with ulterior motives. We must ban corporations from funding political groups that advertise on social media."
[effect]landscaping companies are mistakenly accused of violating election laws
[option]"Let's not be too hasty here," interjects your greasy Minister of Finance. "Banning this practice is violating those corporations' right to free speech. Look, I hate disinformation as much as any clean, upright, moral politician. But if we didn't let these companies speak for the little guy, who would? Us? We should simply mandate the full disclosure of every financial backer in these advertisements, so people can make their own minds up about who to trust."
[effect]political ads have a longer list of sponsors than an F1 Grand Prix car
[option_validity] Cars are legal
[option]"Let's not be too hasty here," interjects your greasy Minister of Finance. "Banning this practice is violating those corporations' right to free speech. Look, I hate disinformation as much as any clean, upright, moral politician. But if we didn't let these companies speak for the little guy, who would? Us? We should simply mandate the full disclosure of every financial backer in these advertisements, so people can make their own minds up about who to trust."
[effect]political ads have a longer list of sponsors than a Tour de @@NAME@@ bicycle
[option_validity] Cars are banned
[option]"There's only one way to effectively fight fire: fire!" yelps your brother, with @@CURRENCY@@ signs in his eyes. "Let's just take a dollop of taxpayer money and pour it into our OWN organizations! Everywhere they want to buy an ad, we buy it first! Every slot, spot and space they try to take, we'll be there with more cash and thus, of course, more votes. If you think a picture of you with a bacon sandwich was bad, wait until we show the world the opposition leader trying to ride a bike!"
[effect]political ads do a better job at advertising certain products than regular ads
[title] Turf Wars
[desc] The most recent venture by your Chief Advisor into MyFace has yielded terrifying discoveries, worst of all a deluge of posts criticising your leadership from the group "@@NAME@@ Proud", containing blatant disinformation and an unflattering picture involving you and a bacon sandwich. @@NAME@@ Proud claims to be financed by grassroots donations, but in reality the bulk of its funding comes from corporate donors and your political opponents. This has caused many of your officials to worry about "astroturfing", where political sponsors are masked to give the appearance of being supported by grassroots donations.
[validity] Co-authored by Ikania.
[option]"We really are allowing these organisations to take corporate dark money and pass it off as if it's the average @@DEMONYM@@ making their voice heard?" rhetorically questions @@RANDOMNAME@@, your Chief Advisor. "They pour millions of @@CURRENCY@@ into social media ad buys, and hide the fact that they're bought and sold by unpatriot- I mean, rich donors with ulterior motives. We must ban corporations from funding political groups that advertise on social media."
[effect]landscaping companies are mistakenly accused of violating election laws
[option]"Let's not be too hasty here," interjects your greasy Minister of Finance. "Banning this practice is violating those corporations' right to free speech. Look, I hate disinformation as much as any clean, upright, moral politician. But if we didn't let these companies speak for the little guy, who would? Us? We should simply mandate the full disclosure of every financial backer in these advertisements, so people can make their own minds up about who to trust."
[effect]political ads have a longer list of sponsors than an F1 Grand Prix car
[option_validity] Cars are legal
[option]"Let's not be too hasty here," interjects your greasy Minister of Finance. "Banning this practice is violating those corporations' right to free speech. Look, I hate disinformation as much as any clean, upright, moral politician. But if we didn't let these companies speak for the little guy, who would? Us? We should simply mandate the full disclosure of every financial backer in these advertisements, so people can make their own minds up about who to trust."
[effect]political ads have a longer list of sponsors than a Tour de @@NAME@@ bicycle
[option_validity] Cars are banned
[option]"There's only one way to effectively fight fire: fire!" yelps your brother, with @@CURRENCY@@ signs in his eyes. "Let's just take a dollop of taxpayer money and pour it into our OWN organizations! Everywhere they want to buy an ad, we buy it first! Every slot, spot and space they try to take, we'll be there with more cash and thus, of course, more votes. If you think a picture of you with a bacon sandwich was bad, wait until we show the world the opposition leader trying to ride a bike!"
[effect]political ads do a better job at advertising certain products than regular ads
[title] Turf Wars
[desc] After your Chief Advisor searched on MyFace to find out what citizens are saying about you, they found a deluge of advertisements and posts from a group called "@@NAME@@ Proud". The posts are intensely critical of your leadership, often containing blatant disinformation and an unflattering picture involving you and a bacon sandwich. @@NAME@@ Proud claims to be financed by grassroots donations, but in reality the bulk of its funding comes from corporate donors and your political opponents. This has led to consternation in your cabinet about the practice of "astroturfing".
[validity] Co-authored by Ikania,
[option]"I've never seen anything like it," argues @@RANDOMNAME@@, a political transparency activist. "These organizations take corporate dark money and pass it off as if it's your average @@DEMONYM@@ making their voice heard. They pour millions of @@CURRENCY@@ into social media ad buys, and hide the fact that they're bought and sold by rich donors with ulterior motives. This practice is incredibly harmful to our democracy, and the only reasonable option is to ban corporations from funding political groups that advertise on social media."
[effect]landscaping companies are mistakenly accused of violating election laws
[option]"Let's not be too hasty here," interjects your greasy Minister of Finance. "Banning this practice is violating those corporations' right to free speech. Look, I hate disinformation as much as any clean, upright, moral politician. But if we didn't let these companies speak for the little guy, who would? Us? We should simply mandate the full disclosure of every financial backer in these advertisements, so people can make their own minds up about who to trust."
[effect]political ads have a longer list of donors than an F1 Grand Prix car
[option_validity] Cars are legal
[option]"Let's not be too hasty here," interjects your greasy Minister of Finance. "Banning this practice is violating those corporations' right to free speech. Look, I hate disinformation as much as any clean, upright, moral politician. But if we didn't let these companies speak for the little guy, who would? Us? We should simply mandate the full disclosure of every financial backer in these advertisements, so people can make their own minds up about who to trust."
[effect]political ads have a longer list of donors than a Tour de @@NAME@@ bicycle
[option_validity] Cars are banned
[option]"There's only one way to effectively fight fire: fire!" yelps your brother, with @@CURRENCY@@ signs in his eyes. "Let's just take a dollop of taxpayer money and pour it into our OWN organizations! Everywhere they want to buy an ad, we buy it first! Every slot, spot and space they try to take, we'll be there with more cash and thus, of course, more votes. If you think a picture of you with a bacon sandwich was bad, wait until we show the world the opposition leader trying to ride a bike!"
[effect]political ads do a better job at advertising certain products than regular ads
[title] Turf Wars
[desc] After your Chief Advisor searched on MyFace to find out what citizens are saying about you, they found a deluge of advertisements and posts from a group called "@@NAME@@ Proud". The posts are intensely critical of your leadership, often containing blatant disinformation and an unflattering picture involving you and a bacon sandwich. @@NAME@@ Proud claims to be financed by grassroots donations, but in reality the bulk of its funding comes from corporate donors and your political opponents. This has led to consternation in your cabinet about the practice of "astroturfing".
[option] "I've never seen anything like it," argues @@RANDOMNAME@@, a political transparency activist. "These organizations take corporate dark money and pass it off as if it's your average @@DEMONYM@@ making their voice heard. They pour millions of @@CURRENCY@@ into social media ad buys, and hide the fact that they're bought and sold by rich donors with ulterior motives. This practice is incredibly harmful to our democracy, and the only reasonable option is to ban corporations from funding political groups that advertise on social media."
[effect] landscaping companies are mistakenly accused of violating election laws
[option] "Let's not be too hasty here," interjects your greasy Minister of Finance. "Banning this practice is violating those corporations' right to free speech. Look, I hate disinformation as much as any clean, upright, moral politician. But if we didn't let these companies speak for the little guy, who would? Us? We should simply mandate the full disclosure of every financial backer in these advertisements, so people can make their own minds up about who to trust."
[effect] political ads have a longer list of donors than an F1 Grand Prix Car
[option] "There's only one way to effectively fight fire: fire!" yelps your brother, with @@CURRENCY@@ signs in his eyes. "Let's just take a dollop of taxpayer money and pour it into our OWN organizations! Everywhere they want to buy an ad, we buy it first! Every slot, spot and space they try to take, we'll be there with more cash and thus, of course, more votes. If you think a picture of you with a bacon sandwich was bad, wait until we show the world the opposition leader trying to ride a bike!"
[effect] political ads do a better job at advertising certain products than regular ads
[title] Turf Wars
[desc] After your Chief Advisor searched on MyFace to find out what citizens are saying about you, they found a deluge of advertisements and posts from a group called "@@NAME@@ Proud". The posts are intensely critical of your leadership, and contain blatant disinformation and an unflattering picture involving you and a bacon sandwich. @@NAME@@ Proud claims to be financed by grassroots donations, but in reality the bulk of its funding comes from corporate donors and your political opponents. This has led to consternation in your cabinet about the practice of "astroturfing".
[option] "I've never seen anything like it," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, a political transparency activist. "These organizations take corporate dark money and pass it off as if it's your average @@DEMONYM@@ making their voice heard. They pour millions of @@CURRENCY@@ into social media ad buys, and hide the fact that they're bought and sold by rich donors with ulterior motives. This practice is incredibly harmful to our democracy. We need to ban this practice and forbid corporations from funding political groups that advertise on social media."
[effect] landscaping companies are mistakenly accused of violating election laws
[option] "Let's not be too hasty here," interjects your greasy Minister of Finance. "Banning political ads is violating those corporations' right to free speech. Look, I hate disinformation as much as any clean, upright, morally perfect politician. But if we didn't let these companies speak for the little guy, who would? Us? We should just mandate the full disclosure of every financial backer in these advertisements, so people can make their own minds up about who to trust."
[effect] political ads have a longer list of donors than the entirety of the book "Jennifer Government"
[option] "There's only one way to effectively fight fire: fire!" yelps your brother, with @@CURRENCY@@ signs in his eyes. "Let's just take a dollop of taxpayer money and pour it into our OWN organizations! Everywhere they want to buy an ad, we buy it first! Every slot, spot and space they try to take, we'll be there with more cash and thus, of course, more votes. If you think you eating a bacon sandwich was bad, wait until we show the world the opposition leader trying to ride a bike!"
[effect] political attack ads commonly show unflattering pictures involving politicians and a bacon sandwich
[title] Turf Wars
[desc] After your Chief Advisor searched on MyFace to find out what citizens are saying about you, they found a deluge of advertisements and posts from a group called "@@NATION@@ Proud". The posts are intensely critical of your leadership, and contain blatant disinformation and an unflattering picture involving you and a bacon sandwich. @@NATION@@ Proud claims to be financed by grassroots donations, but in reality the bulk of its funding comes from corporate donors and your political opponents. This has led to consternation in your cabinet about the practice of "astroturfing".
[option] "I've never seen anything like it," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, a political transparency activist. "These organizations take corporate dark money and pass it off as if it's your average @@DEMONYM@@ making their voice heard. They pour millions of @@CURRENCY@@ into social media ad buys, and hide the fact that they're bought and sold by rich donors with ulterior motives. This practice is incredibly harmful to our democracy. We need to ban this practice and forbid corporations from funding political groups that advertise on social media."
[effect] corporations are prosecuted for selling astroturf if they dare fund a political organisation on social media
[option] "Let's not be too hasty here," interjects your greasy Minister of Finance. "Banning political ads is violating those corporations' right to free speech. Look, I hate disinformation as much as any clean, upright, morally perfect politician. But if we didn't let these companies speak for the little guy, who would? Us? We should just mandate the full disclosure of every financial backer in these advertisements, so people can make their own minds up about who to trust."
[effect] political ads have a longer list of donors than the entirety of the book "Jennifer Government"
[option] The leader of @@NAME@@ Proud, @@RANDOMNAME@@, barges into your office with no warning. "Seriously? Why do you need to take action against us?" @@HE@@ questions rhetorically. "It is our right to be funded by whoever supports us! To deny us the right would be a huge obstruction of corru... er.. political freedom! Look, I'll give you these 10 @@CURRENCY@@ if you let our group continue operations without government obstruction." @@HE@@ says showing you a 10 @@CURRENCY@@ bill.
[effect] most political organisations are funded by corporations meant to sell astroturf
[option] "There's only one way to effectively fight fire: fire!" yelps your brother, with @@CURRENCY@@ signs in his eyes. "Let's just take a dollop of taxpayer money and pour it into our OWN organizations! Everywhere they want to buy an ad, we buy it first! Every slot, spot and space they try to take, we'll be there with more cash and thus, of course, more votes. If you think you eating a bacon sandwich was bad, wait until we show the world the opposition leader trying to ride a bike!"
[effect] astroturfing has become a common and accepted political practice
[title] Turf Wars
[desc] While searching your name on MyFace to find out what citizens are saying about you, you were met by a deluge of advertisements and boosted posts from a group called "@@NATION@@ Proud". The posts are intensely critical of your leadership, often spreading flat-out lies paired with an unflattering picture involving yourself and a bacon sandwich, always resulting in millions of clicks. @@NATION@@ Proud claims to be financed by grassroots donations, but on closer examination, it appears that the bulk of its funding comes from corporate donors and your political opponents. This has led to consternation in your cabinet about the practice of "astroturfing".
[option] "I've never seen anything like it," says @@NAME@@, a political transparency activist. "These organizations take corporate dark money and pass it off as if it's your average @@DEMONYM@@ making their voice heard. They pour millions of @@CURRENCY@@ into social media ad buys, and hide the fact that they're bought and sold by rich donors with ulterior motives. This practice is incredibly harmful to our democracy. We need to ban this practice and forbid corporations from funding political groups that advertise on social media."
[effect] astroturfing is illegal
[option] "Let's not be too hasty here," interjects your greasy Minister of Finance. "Banning political ads is violating those corporations' right to free speech. Look, I hate disinformation as much as any clean, upright, morally perfect politician. But if we didn't let these companies speak for the little guy, who would? Us? We should just mandate the full disclosure of every financial backer in these advertisements, so people can make their own minds up about who to trust."
[effect] political ads are out of fashion as they have a longer list of donors than content
[option] "There's only one way to effectively fight fire: fire!" yelps your brother, with @@CURRENCY@@ signs in his eyes. "Let's just take a dollop of taxpayer money and pour it into our OWN organizations! Everywhere they want to buy an ad, we buy it first! Every slot, spot and space they try to take, we'll be there with more cash and thus, of course, more votes. If you think you eating a bacon sandwich was bad, wait until we show the world the opposition leader trying to ride a bike!"
[effect] astroturfing has become a common and accepted political practice
TITLE: Turf Wars
THE ISSUE: While searching your name on Maxbook to find out what citizens are saying about you, you were met by a deluge of advertisements and boosted posts from a group called "@@NATION@@ Proud". The posts are intensely critical of your leadership, often spreading flat-out lies paired with an unflattering picture involving yourself and a bacon sandwich, always resulting in millions of clicks. @@NATION@@ Proud claims to be financed by grassroots donations, but on closer examination, it appears that the bulk of its funding comes from corporate donors and your political opponents. This has led to consternation in your cabinet about the practice of "astroturfing".
1. "I've never seen anything like it," says @@NAME@@, a political transparency activist. "These organizations take corporate dark money and pass it off as if it's your average @@DEMONYM@@ making their voice heard. They pour millions of @@CURRENCY@@ into social media ad buys, and hide the fact that they're bought and sold by rich donors with ulterior motives. This practice is incredibly harmful to our democracy. We need to ban this practice and forbid corporations from funding political groups that advertise on social media."
RESULT: Astroturfing is illegal.
2. "Let's not be too hasty here," interjects your greasy Minister of Finance. "Banning political ads is violating those corporations' right to free speech. Look, I hate disinformation as much as any clean, upright, morally perfect politician. But if we didn't let these companies speak for the little guy, who would? Us? We should just mandate the full disclosure of every financial backer in these advertisements, so people can make their own minds up about who to trust."
RESULT: Political ads on social media are 10% content, and 90% names of donors.
3. "There's only one way to effectively fight fire: fire!" yelps your brother, with @@CURRENCY@@ signs in his eyes. "Let's just take a dollop of taxpayer money and pour it into our OWN organizations! Everywhere they want to buy an ad, we buy it first! Every slot, spot and space they try to take, we'll be there with more cash and thus, of course, more votes. If you think you eating a bacon sandwich was bad, wait until we show the world what the opposition leader did with a pig back in college!"
RESULT: Astroturf is so common that people can never be sure which patch of grass is real.