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Here's the equivalent from Meta: https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&country=US&media_type=all https://ww

by mkmk 2y ago

Here's the equivalent from Meta: https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&country=US&media_type=all https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&a...

throwaway29812 2y ago
Here's one from X via CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/doj-alleges-russia-funded-company-linked-social-media-stars/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/doj-alleges-russia-f...
omoikane 2y ago
Looks like you have to supply a search query for the link to work. I just search for the letter "a": https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&country=US&media_type=all&q=a&search_type=keyword_unordered https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&a... They also have an aggregate report page. It doesn't seem possible to break it down by ad category, but looks like the most recent big spenders are all political ads: https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/report/ https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/report/
ccleve 2y ago
This really interesting, but I think they have an odd idea of transparency. I searched for some ads for a congressional race in 2018, obviously inactive, and they were all there, but I couldn't view them because: "This content was removed because the disclaimer didn’t follow our policy for ads about social issues, elections or politics." For what conceivable reason would they block historical ads, ads that actually ran in the past but are no longer active? Those ads probably didn't meet the disclaimer rules because the rules were different back in 2018.
- neilv 2y ago
  Sounds like that defeats much of the purpose. One thing they definitely need to do now is to be certain to retain all that data, for future transparency and historical record.

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Here's the equivalent from Meta: https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&country=US&media_type=all https://ww

by mkmk 2y ago

throwaway29812 2y ago
Here's one from X via CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/doj-alleges-russia-funded-company-linked-social-media-stars/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/doj-alleges-russia-f...
omoikane 2y ago
Looks like you have to supply a search query for the link to work. I just search for the letter "a": https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&country=US&media_type=all&q=a&search_type=keyword_unordered https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&a... They also have an aggregate report page. It doesn't seem possible to break it down by ad category, but looks like the most recent big spenders are all political ads: https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/report/ https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/report/
ccleve 2y ago
This really interesting, but I think they have an odd idea of transparency. I searched for some ads for a congressional race in 2018, obviously inactive, and they were all there, but I couldn't view them because: "This content was removed because the disclaimer didn’t follow our policy for ads about social issues, elections or politics." For what conceivable reason would they block historical ads, ads that actually ran in the past but are no longer active? Those ads probably didn't meet the disclaimer rules because the rules were different back in 2018.
- neilv 2y ago
  Sounds like that defeats much of the purpose. One thing they definitely need to do now is to be certain to retain all that data, for future transparency and historical record.