Facebook launches searchable archive of US political ads


  • TECH
  • Friday, 25 May 2018

FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc on May 24 launched an archive of US political ads that appear on the world's largest social network, showing who paid for them and other details, after an outcry over Russians' alleged purchase of such ads during the 2016 elections.

The archive tool will be rolled out to other countries in coming months, it added.

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