Dec 10 (Reuters) – Thousands of political ads have gone missing from Facebook Inc’s public archive less than 48 hours before the British general election, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
The report https://www.ft.com/content/e6fb805e-1b78-11ea-97df-cc63de1d73f4 added that on Dec. 5, the social media’s ad library showed a total of just under 180,000 classified as political in Britain since October 2018. But on Tuesday, that number had suddenly dropped by a third, to fewer than 120,000 ads.
“We’re aware that people are having trouble accessing the ads in the ads library, and we’re working to fix the issue as soon as possible,” a Facebook spokesperson was quoted as saying by FT.
Facebook did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. (Reporting by Amal S in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
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