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Digital Politics with Karen Jagoda


Welcome to the non-partisan Digital Politics Podcast with Karen Jagoda.  Since 2007, this show has highlighted the impact of new technologies on the campaign landscape, how expectations of voters are changing, the role of online fundraising, digital and traditional means of persuasion, and getting out the vote.   Popular topics on the show include best practices for political and advocacy campaigns, ground game strategies, use of AI in campaigns, cross-media advertising, social media trends, and the impact of mobile on engaging supporters.  This weekly podcast includes interviews with political consultants, media strategists, journalists, advocates, candidates, elected officials, campaign managers, and solution providers.            

Oct 7, 2022

Scott Goodstein is the CEO and Founder of Catalyst Campaigns and is active in the war against spam. He sets the stage with a description of the early days of mass text messaging by the Obama campaign in 2008.

We talk about:

  • Voter lists and targeting political text message spam
  • Impact of texting moving from opt-in to spam
  • Use of text messaging for consumer products versus use for political fundraising and persuasion
  • Weaponizing peer-to-peer texting for political disinformation and fraudulent fundraising
  • Changes in the rules surrounding political texting and inadequacies of 10DLC
  • Role of the FCC in defining and determining legal use of political campaign texting
  • Need for a DoNotText List with teeth

@CatalystCmpgns #10DLC #Peer2PeerTexting #P2PTexting #Fundraising #PoliticalDisinformation #Spam

CatalystCampaigns.com

Background on this issue:
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/03/us/politics/senate-republican-committee-funds.html
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/disinformation-text-message-problem-answers-rcna41997
 
https://www.vox.com/2022/7/19/23268260/midterms-texting-10dlc-campaigns-optin-mobile
 
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3497156-how-the-fcc-can-protect-consumers-from-unwanted-political-text-message-spam/