As we get closer to the election, we’re seeing more and more political ads everywhere. Today we’re talking about how to apply all of those research skills to all the ads in your feed.
RESOURCES
– The Federal Election Commission http://www.fec.gov
– Facebook Ad Library https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=all&ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&country=US&impression_search_field=has_impressions_lifetime
– SnapChat political ad library https://www.snap.com/en-US/political-ads
– ProPublica’s ad tracker https://projects.propublica.org/facebook-ads/
– http://www.opensecrets.org
SOURCES (in the order they appeared):
– Facebook Weighs Steps to Curb Narrowly Targeted Political Ads https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-discussing-potential-changes-to-political-ad-policy-11574352887
– FEC on Advertising & disclaimers https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/advertising-and-disclaimers/
– FEC on internet activity conducted by federal political committees https://www.fec.gov/updates/internet-activity-conducted-by-federal-political-committees-2020/
– Facebook’s advertising policies https://www.facebook.com/policies/ads/restricted_content/political
– TikTok’s ad policy https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/understanding-our-policies-around-paid-ads
– Twitter’s political content policy https://business.twitter.com/en/help/ads-policies/ads-content-policies/political-content.html
– Don’t Listen to Anyone Who Says You Can Vote by Text Messagehttps://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/don-t-listen-anyone-who-says-you-can-vote-text-n679846
– OpenSecrets Summary data for Hillary Clinton https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/candidate?id=N00000019
– No, you can’t text your vote. But these fake ads tell Clinton supporters to do just that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/03/no-you-cant-text-your-vote-but-these-ads-tell-clinton-supporters-to-do-just-that/
– No, You Can’t Vote Via Text or Tweet https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-you-cant-vote-via-text-or-tweet-1533985201
– Don’t Believe Those Memes About Texting to Vote for Hillary From Home https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/11/fake-meme-ads-are-telling-people-to-text-to-vote-for-clinton.html
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