Who Targets MeHow to fact check political adsA couple of weeks ago we published ‘10 ideas for regulating political ads’ (which you might want to read before you read this).Jun 26, 2020Jun 26, 2020
Who Targets MeTen simple ideas to regulate online political advertising in the UKYesterday, the UK Advertising Standards Authority’s CEO Guy Parker published a piece outlining some of the challenges of regulating…Jun 4, 2020Jun 4, 2020
Who Targets MeZero Parts Per Million: Political Facebook ads and Climate Change in #GE2019Tonight sees the first ever leaders climate change debate on Channel 4. It’s an unprecedented elevation in the status of the environment…Nov 28, 2019Nov 28, 2019
Who Targets MeBoris Johnson is Marmite (and the Tory Facebook ads know it)We think we’ve got to the bottom of the appearance - and disappearance - of the Tory leader in the latest batch of Conservative ads.Nov 26, 2019Nov 26, 2019
Who Targets MeSnap’s bad data and our bad reading of itLast week we wrote a story based on Snap’s latest political ad transparency data. The data was labelled inaccurately, so we drew the wrong…Nov 18, 2019Nov 18, 2019
Who Targets MeIs Johnson going under? — The Uxbridge decapitation campaignIs Boris Johnson worried about his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat? Snapchat and Facebook targeted communications seen across the…Nov 14, 2019Nov 14, 2019
Who Targets MeBORISWAVE グジに — How did Vaporwave end up as a Tory party aesthetic during the 2019 General…A special mini-report by Tristan HothamNov 12, 2019Nov 12, 2019
Who Targets Me“The many faces of Jo Swinson?”You may have seen elements of this report in this Observer/Guardian news piece and then also reported on the Andrew Marr show. The…Nov 11, 2019Nov 11, 2019
Who Targets MeWhat do Facebook Ads tell us about Parties’ UK General Election Strategy?As the spectre of a UK General Election looms in the Autumn, some British political parties have been ramping up their ad targeting…Aug 15, 2019Aug 15, 2019
Who Targets MeConservatives’ Boris ads primarily targeting men over 45Over 1000 Facebook ads have been launched by the Conservative Party — the majority targeting men over 45 — as part of a nationwide…Aug 5, 2019Aug 5, 2019