Breaking down Facebook’s (lack of) oversight

The company has an enormous impact on our politics, and their actions remain largely unchecked

Last week, Facebook again endured a wave of negative press, this time for locking out transparency researchers from access to its political ads archive. The company’s current PR crisis - one of too many to count this year - comes as they reported record earnings in Q2. We’ve repeatedly covered how Facebook has an out-sized impact on our politics, and th…