{
  "id": 8039538,
  "title": "Paid influencers are everywhere in US politics. We need transparency | Martin J Riedl and Samuel Woolley",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/paid-influencers-are-everywhere-in-us-politics-we-need-transparency",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T14:00:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/17/paid-influencers-us-politics-transparency"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Secret coordination between politicians and social media creators is a form of astroturfing. But there are few legal regulations Not long ago, it was common wisdom among social media influencers that they shouldn’t talk politics. There was a widespread belief among their crowd that it was bad for business. If you went left, you lost the right, and vice-versa. Times have changed. Nearly everywhere…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}