EU ads about child protection excluded Sinn Féin supporters

Targeted Twitter ads promoting the scanning of EU citizens' electronic devices excluded people interested in far-right groups such as AfD — but also Ireland's most popular party

The ad campaign on Twitter/X excluded people whose profiles suggested an interest in Sinn Féin, as well as far-right groups such as Germany’s  AfD and the English Defence League. Stock picture

Sinn Féin  says it is up to the European Commission to explain why it excluded the party’s followers from advertisements for a new regulation aimed at stamping out the sharing of child sexual abuse material.

The targeted advertising campaign which ran in late September on X, formerly Twitter, excluded people of specific political persuasions, including those interested in Sinn Féin.