1.0Social Media Labhttps://socialmedialab.ca/webPhilip Maihttps://socialmedialab.ca/web/author/philipmai/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NIU9E8IwoO"><a href="https://socialmedialab.ca/web/2021/09/03/improving-on-the-facebook-ad-library/">Improving on the Facebook Ad Library</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://socialmedialab.ca/web/2021/09/03/improving-on-the-facebook-ad-library/embed/#?secret=NIU9E8IwoO" width="600" height="338" title="“Improving on the Facebook Ad Library” — Social Media Lab" data-secret="NIU9E8IwoO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://socialmedialab.ca/web/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://socialmedialab.ca/web/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/boxplots.png1280720Facebook’s ad transparency tool – the Facebook Ad Library – is a good first effort, and any progress to make political advertising more transparent should be encouraged and commended, but as we and others have noted, there is much still that can be done to make it more useful.  In an effort to make the […]