<p>Facebook Inc said on Monday it would provide academic researchers information on how political ads were targeted in the lead-up to the presidential election in the United States last year.</p>.<p>The social media giant said the data would include targeting criteria, such as location and interests, selected by advertisers running social issue, electoral or political ads.</p>.<p>Academics and researchers can apply for access to this information through the <a href="https://bit.ly/3a3L91r" target="_blank">Facebook Open Research & Transparency</a> (FORT) platform on Feb. 1, Facebook said in a blog post, adding that the data package would cover more than a million ads that ran between Aug. 3 and Nov. 3.</p>
<p>Facebook Inc said on Monday it would provide academic researchers information on how political ads were targeted in the lead-up to the presidential election in the United States last year.</p>.<p>The social media giant said the data would include targeting criteria, such as location and interests, selected by advertisers running social issue, electoral or political ads.</p>.<p>Academics and researchers can apply for access to this information through the <a href="https://bit.ly/3a3L91r" target="_blank">Facebook Open Research & Transparency</a> (FORT) platform on Feb. 1, Facebook said in a blog post, adding that the data package would cover more than a million ads that ran between Aug. 3 and Nov. 3.</p>