New York Times has reported that America's President, Donald Trump's political action committee(PAC) has spent $274,000 on Facebook ads since May, making him the biggest political spender on Facebook. The second biggest spender is Planned Parenthood with $188,000
The numbers were laid out by New York University researchers who deciphered the data from Facebook, which created an archive for political ads that is publicly searchable, in May.
The Ad is seen by 37 million people, as reported by the researchers. New York Times talked about an Ad promoting Donald Trump's Nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh.
I barely see Trump's ad though lol. Facebook has also started labeling political ads.
Remember that Facebook was slammed for allowing the spread of 'fake news' during the 2016 election, and also the Cambridge Analytica Scandal, the social network has been trying to make it's ad network more transparent. Currently, before you run a political campaign or 'issue' ads, you are required to get an authorisation from Facebook first.
The New York University researchers revealed the top 449 ad spenders on Facebook, 210 were on the left, while 124 were on the right, while 115 groups were politically neutral.
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