Facebook has come under fire for its Ad Library application programming interface. The API lets users perform customized keyword searches of all active and inactive ads related to politics or issues ...

Facebook said Thursday it’s rolling out improved and expanded transparency measures for political elections, including an Ad Library with public data on ads run on any of its platforms, including ...

With an eye on transparency, Facebook is expanding the services that support its “Ad Library.” Previously called the Ad Archive, the new Ad Library is expanding its database beyond political ads and ...

Transparency and authenticity have been a major focus for Facebook recently, as the company strives to improve trust with advertisers and users following the Cambridge Analytica scandal and increased ...

Your competitors' social advertising strategies provide insight for your own campaigns. Here's how to use Facebook Ads Library to get a leg up. Competitor research is a crucial portion of any online ...

Now you can search Facebook for how much Trump has spent on ads in the past year, which Pages’ ads reference immigration or what a Page’s previous names were. It’s all part of Facebook’s new Ad ...

But Facebook left a gaping loophole in this system: If a user shares a political ad, the disclaimer disappears for anyone who sees the shared ad, as does the ability to click through it to the ad ...

In advance of the 2020 US presidential election, Facebook said it would temporarily ban political, electoral and “social issue” advertisement starting on November 4th, the day after the election. Well ...

The social network’s new ad library is so flawed, researchers say, that it is effectively useless as a way to track political messaging. Credit...The Heads of State Supported by By Matthew Rosenberg ...