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    Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 24 May 2018

    So, @Facebook has a new political ad transparency site https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/05/24/whos-behind-those-political-ads-on-facebook-now-you-can-find-out/ … You can’t get to it unless you’re logged into Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politicalcontentads … This would be hilariously ironic, if it weren’t for the context. Self-regulation is not enough. https://sunlightfoundation.com/2018/04/10/self-regulation-isnt-enough-for-online-political-ads-congress-should-pass-the-honest-ads-act/ …pic.twitter.com/F6j5NwohNn

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      2. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 24 May 2018

        Real transparency at @facebook: a public file of all paid political ads, on a public website with bulk #opendata downloads & an API, none of which require the public to log into @Facebook. Do better, @finkd. Given past, current or predictable interference, opacity is unpatriotic.pic.twitter.com/YA9b7Blgsr

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      3. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 24 May 2018

        It was easy to use @Facebook's new archive of "ads with political content" – essentially a simple search tool for paid political ads that have run since May 7, 2018 – once I got on my laptop and logged in. I found recent ads that matched Trump, Clinton, gun control & corruption.pic.twitter.com/Fhx0lrMzBE

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      4. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 24 May 2018

        If you click "see ad performance," you see the ad content, who paid, when it was active, how many impressions it received, total spent, & breakdown of audience by age, gender & location. But clicking "view all ads" brings you to aggregate search results, NOT the page or a profilepic.twitter.com/8XtzmWqdYy

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      5. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 24 May 2018

        If you click on the username – in this case, Donald Trump, @realDonaldTrump's campaign account on @Facebook – you arrive at the Page behind the ads. Unfortunately, there's no tab for political ads or link to this archive. It's hard to see how folks will find them, without it.pic.twitter.com/EASlccVAhF

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      6. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 24 May 2018

        Companies should disclose open data of political ad spending in a machine-readable format online – which means no restrictions. https://sunlightfoundation.com/2017/09/12/technology-companies-should-publish-political-advertising-files-online/ … @Facebook should honor its commitments to support the Honest Ads Act & start implementing it. This interface isn't good enough.pic.twitter.com/3KYE39s2Y3

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      7. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 24 May 2018

        The good news is that I think @Facebook understands this page as a start, not an end. In a post today, @robleathern wrote that they're "working closely" with a new "Election Commission" to launch an API for the archives: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/05/ads-with-political-content/ … (Good news, but no deadline cited.)pic.twitter.com/iszvhjvEZc

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      8. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 24 May 2018

        It's hard for me not to be happy that @Facebook is finally explicitly embracing political ad transparency in words & (some) deeds, including public soul searching about what's political & a policy: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/05/hard-questions-political-ads/ … That's progress. It's just long overdue.pic.twitter.com/p99Tj0FjiS

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      9. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 24 May 2018

        The other good news is that now @Google & @Twitter could trump @Facebook's efforts, with respect to disclosures, disclaimers & open data. @brucefalck shared Twitter's new ad political @Policy today: https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/topics/company/2018/Increasing-Transparency-for-Political-Campaigning-Ads-on-Twitter.html … Competition on transparency will benefit the public.pic.twitter.com/sFI1ufQiUj

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      10. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 24 May 2018

        The bad news is that press is quite likely going to focus on @Facebook (& @Instagram) today, & then @Twitter & @Google. On the one hand, $FB + $GOOG run the majority of online ads: https://www.emarketer.com/content/google-and-facebook-s-digital-dominance-fading-as-rivals-share-grows … On the other, @Amazon @Snap @Microsoft & @Oath should also be transparent!pic.twitter.com/q3iO9cgmU1

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      11. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 24 May 2018

        Ultimately, elected representatives should be the ones to enact standards for transparency for political ads online after debate, not tech companies executives. Until Congress & legislatures around the world empower regulators like @FEC, however, I'm glad to see positive actions.

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