1/ The #TechHearings looked at Facebook's attempts to stop election meddling – in part by making political ads more transparent.
Using our Political Ad Collector, we're publishing the interesting choices advertisers make when targeting ads to your feed.
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2/ When NYC proposed a law capping the number of @Uber cars, the ride hailing company spent $20,000 in Facebook ads to target anyone who liked Black Lives Matter.
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3/ Marsy’s Law.
The biggest political advertiser on Facebook that you may (or may not) have heard of. propub.li/2M467zv
4/ As the battle over Brett Kavanaugh's SCOTUS nomination is debated on cable news, it’s also being fought in the Facebook feeds of North Dakotans.
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5/ Facebook’s recent update to political ads has pulled back the curtain for Democratic nominee @RichCordray who runs a pretend news page called “Ohio Newswire.”
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6/ Want to find out what political advertisers are targeting you for on Facebook?
So do we.
Help us by downloading the browser extension that will track the political ads that show up in your feed. propub.li/2Qc1ers
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