Facebook Help us monitor political advertising on Facebook in your state You can help make political advertising more transparent by recording ads and the associated targeting information It can be difficult to fact-check political ads on Facebook and whether they breach any laws around disclosure. During the current and upcoming state election campaigns you may be targeted with political advertising on Facebook. Politicians and other interest groups are using Facebook to tailor political advertising to specific groups, based on people’s interests – using information from Facebook such as interest in “community”, “prayer”, “same-sex marriage”, or your age and location. Facebook has since come under significant political pressure in the US and has committed to improving the transparency of political advertising on its site. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Annotated screenshot of the Facebook app showing how to access the ad targeting information.

Source: The Guardian February 13, 2018 22:30 UTC