Quartz 's election committee has said that Facebook was in violation of a 1977 law requiring public records to be kept about who pays for political ads, according to local paper Facebook . Facebook finally sent Seattle authorities some documentation on Friday (Feb. 2), which included information on some ad expenditures, but not the images of the ads, or details on who was targeted. The legislation says publishers of ads must be transparent about the "exact nature and extent of the advertising services rendered". the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission said it supplied the required data, but Barrett , executive director of The Stranger and Reuters , said the two -page PDF "doesn’t come close to meeting their public obligation".
Quartz 's election committee has said that Facebook was in violation of a 1977 law requiring public records to be kept about who pays for political ads, according to local paper Facebook . The legislation says publishers of ads must be transparent about the "exact nature and extent of the advertising services rendered". the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission said it supplied the required data, but Barrett , executive director of The Stranger and Reuters , said the two -page PDF "doesn’t come close to meeting their public obligation".