Gwafa_Hazid's comments

There's a quote in the article from the leader of the Irish green party, Eamon Ryan, that to me underlines why this is important, "We want transparency about online political advertising so hidden funding does not distort the democratic process."

It's that hidden funding that scares me. Whether it's massive spending by mega-corporations or targeted ads by foreign intelligence agencies. We can't understand how our democracy is being affected unless we know who is behind the money.

This is startling and it really makes you wonder why Venmo would have our transactions public by default. Or better yet, why should our transactions ever be visible to the public? What are their intentions?