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From the article: > Update: It wasn’t clear if issue ads and PAC ads were counted in Facebook’s 0.5% figure, but now the company says that number is just for a
by tompic823 7y ago
From the article:
> Update: It wasn’t clear if issue ads and PAC ads were counted in Facebook’s 0.5% figure, but now the company says that number is just for ads run directly by politicians.]
I'm more curious what % of Facebook's ad revenue was from political ads for each of the last few years. I believe Zuckerberg stated during his most recent congressional testimony that it was a single-digit percentage of total ad revenue, but I could be misremembering.
- ossworkerrights 7y agoI am also curious how much political advertising takes place on facebook, outside facebook's ad campaigns - i.e.: viral posts. I am more worried about those kinds of "ads", as those are more difficult to track.