{
  "id": 15849266,
  "title": "2021 German Federal Election: Authority: Election Advertising Based on User Profiles Was Illegal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/bundestagswahl-2021-behorde-wahlwerbung-nach-nutzerprofilen-war",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T05:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-internet/bundestagswahl-2021-behoerde-wahlwerbung-nach-nutzerprofilen-war-rechtswidrig/100263796.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A browser extension made visible in 2021 which election advertising users were shown. The complaints that arose from this led to reprimands for four parties. What is still pending in the case of the AfD.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}