House Democrat to introduce bill cracking down on ad targeting

Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) is set to introduce legislation placing restrictions on political advertising on social media platforms.The “Protecting Democracy from Disinformation Act” is aimed at limiting microtargeting, a method which uses consumer data and demographics to narrowly segment audiences.The tactic has been criticized for allowing campaigns to avoid accountability by spreading misinformation to susceptible populations in ads not…