Hacknight #488
Making the Invisible Visible: Tracking and Visualizing Political Advertising on Meta Platforms with PoliDashboard.org
with Philip Mai and Anatoliy Gruzd
Recording
Discover how political advertisers in Canada are chasing your clicks on Facebook and Instagram — and how paid political ads can be weaponized to mislead, manipulate, or interfere in an election.
Speakers
Philip MaiPhilip is a Senior Researcher and Co-Director at the Social Media Lab, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University. His work focuses on social media use and misuse —covering disinformation, deepfakes, foreign interference, conspiracy theories, online toxicity, and digital political transparency. He also develops research tools and dashboards for students and scholars to study public discourse and online participation.
Anatoliy GruzdCanada Research Chair | Royal Society of Canada College Member| Professor – School of Information Technology Management, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada