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Adriel Hampton | |
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Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
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Adriel O. Hampton (born 1978) is an American, and Californian, entrepreneur, strategist, and political activist. He runs The Adriel Hampton Group, a digital advertising agency that supports progressive causes.[1] He is the founder of The Really Online Lefty League political action committee (PAC).[2]
Earlier in his career, Hampton co-founded the analytics startup Pinpoint Predictive, the podcast Gov 2.0 Radio, and the progressive Facebook community Really American. He was an early member of the organizing software company NationBuilder.[3] In 2009, Hampton became the first person to launch a congressional candidacy via Twitter.[4]
Hampton is known for criticizing Facebook's political advertising policies, arguing that the social media giant doesn't do enough to combat false political advertising on its platform.[5][6][7] In 2019, he launched a campaign for the 2022 California gubernatorial election as a progressive candidate, but withdrew before the filing deadline.[8]