Political Ad Collector

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PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode February 10, 2018

By PBS News Hour

A smartphone user shows the Facebook application on his phone. Photo by Dado Ruvic/Reuters

ProPublica tool finds misleading political ads on Facebook

Amid an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Facebook came under fire for its opacity on how it targets political ads. A few months ago, ProPublica released Political Ad Collector, a tool that crowdsources the job of…

By PBS News Hour

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