Vote of Confidence
Fundraisers on both sides of the presidential campaign are hoping supporters will put their faith in technology to add to their candidate's of choice war chest.
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Indeed, Facebook users report instances where they are listed as having "liked" a candidate when in fact they hadn't. One potential explanation is they could have pressed "like" on a seemingly unrelated ad on Facebook, or on another website altogether, which was then retargeted to the candidate's site using a Facebook Exchange service.
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