Help Us Collect Political Ads on Facebook

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🗓️ 7 February 2018

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Let’s build a database of political Facebook ads. Just in case someone needs to check on them later. Like, say, if the Russians bought thousands of ads to sway an election. Manoush’s privacy girlfriend, ProPublica’s Julia Angwin, is back with a challenge (and a browser plugin) for Note to Self listeners.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's Manouche.
0:07.9	Note to self here, we got a little special something for you from our friends over at
0:12.8	ProPublica, Julia Anguin.
0:15.2	Yes, she is back.
0:17.2	I went to get a drink with her the other night and she was telling me about her project
0:20.4	that she's doing and she needs more people to help her figure out political ads on Facebook.
0:28.5	And I was like, gosh, you know what?
0:30.4	I know just a couple hundred thousand people who might be able to help you.
0:34.6	Um, it's you guys.
0:35.8	It's no to self listeners.
0:37.3	So listen to what Julia is doing.
0:39.3	It's really important.
0:41.2	Democracy and stuff for at stake, which I know you appreciate.
0:44.1	So a little special something down the feed this week.
0:49.3	My girlfriend is here.
0:51.0	My privacy data girlfriend.
0:54.2	Julia Anguin.
0:55.4	Yay!
0:57.4	Oh my god, I've never been greeted by a better, better tribute.
1:02.7	That is amazing.
1:03.7	Okay, so Julia, we just, because you know, we work for like an, an, a proper institution,
1:09.8	will you identify yourself?
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