The Australian Ad Observatory
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extensions
https://app.polidashboard.org/facebook_ads_v2?country=ca
PoliDashboard
An app for tracking political advertisements on Meta-owned advertising platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.
Active
Since 2024
Toronto
Open source: Yes
Making the invisible visible โ PoliDashboard is an app for tracking political advertisements on Meta-owned advertising platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. It is designed to help voters, journalists, campaign staffers and others to track the use of targeted ads around social issues, elections or politics. The data is automatically updated every day via the Facebook Ad API. The dashboard is developed by the Social Media Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University as part of an international election transparency initiative. Country-specific dashboards are presented in partnership with select academic and civic partners in countries where the Facebook Ad Library is available.
- Org. type
- Academic / research organization
- Project type
- Resource
- Country
- Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
- Founded
- 2024
- Language(s)
- English
- Tech stack
- BuiltWith report โ
- Categories
- Advertising, Civic data, Consumer watchdogging, Dashboards, Voting and elections, Watchdogging and transparency
- Added
- 2024-03-22
- Last modified
- 2026-07-12T16:44:48.000Z
Additional details
- Number of integrations
- 0
- Geographic focus
- Canada ๐จ๐ฆ, France ๐ซ๐ท, Germany (Deutschland) ๐ฉ๐ช, India (Bhฤrat) ๐ฎ๐ณ, Indonesia ๐ฎ๐ฉ, Italy (Italia) ๐ฎ๐น, Philippines ๐ต๐ญ, Poland (Polska) ๐ต๐ฑ, Spain (Espaรฑa) ๐ช๐ธ, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ๐ฌ๐ง
- Geographic focus โ country
- Canada ๐จ๐ฆ, France ๐ซ๐ท, Germany (Deutschland) ๐ฉ๐ช, India (Bhฤrat) ๐ฎ๐ณ, Indonesia ๐ฎ๐ฉ, Italy (Italia) ๐ฎ๐น, Philippines ๐ต๐ญ, Poland (Polska) ๐ต๐ฑ, Spain (Espaรฑa) ๐ช๐ธ, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ๐ฌ๐ง
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