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Facebook won’t release data on political ads to researchers

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While many political scientists are itching to get their hands on data documenting how political ads on Facebook performed, the company says it wont be releasing that information. Facebook says it doesnt differentiate between political and commercial ads with this policy and thats not likely to change any time soon.
Researchers want information on how much money candidates spent on ads, who saw them and how often they were clicked in order to assess how big of a role ads pla…
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