political ad collector

The Globe and Mail relaunches browser extension to monitor Facebook ads ahead of Canadian election

Political ad collector created by U.S. investigative journalism non-profit ProPublica in 2017

 The Globe and Mail is pleased to announce the relaunch of the Facebook Political Ad Collector (FBPAC), an online tool designed to monitor political advertising on Facebook. The collector, a web browser extension that can be downloaded by users, was built in 2017 by ProPublica as a tool to help create more transparency about the modern electoral landscape. Read more…