Selected coverage
- ITV NewsElection night coverage, General Election 2019
- The EconomistHow the Conservatives won the social media campaign
- The New York TimesThousands of UK political ads went missing from Facebook archive searches
- The ObserverVoters ‘used as lab rats’ in political Facebook adverts, warn analysts
- Financial TimesSnapchat enjoys a bump in political advertising
- The TelegraphA Tory social media blitz is taking over Facebook and YouTube
- The TelegraphBig tech’s ‘uneven’ and confusing political advertising rules under fire
- Bloomberg OpinionThe big Brexit bet that isn’t paying off
- WiredThe Tories are using Facebook to wipe out the Lib Dem vote
- Sky NewsResearchers fear ‘catastrophe’ as political ads ‘disappear’ from Facebook library
- The IndependentPolitical ads disappear from Facebook tracking tool in ‘catastrophic loss’ for transparency campaigners
- New ScientistFacebook charges more for ads that aim to cross the political divide
- Evening StandardTories hiding Boris Johnson from London voters in Facebook adverts
- France 24 / AFPUK election: parties take battle for ideas to social media
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