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The News Literacy Project
This page ran 10 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 6 May 2026 and 1 October 2026. Meta reports $300 – $1.3K of spend, which makes it the 14,746th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Group or campaign. Most of its spend took no side. Race: No specific race.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026. · Every ad of this page in Meta’s Ad Library ↗
10
ads
$795
reported spend, range $300 – $1.3K
0.0%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 10 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Topics
Spend by race: No specific race 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
When current events put press freedom in the news, they can spark controversy and confusion. But NLP is helping educators turn breaking news into teachable moments.
27 May 2026 · The News Literacy Project · $300 – $399 · 60K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
🤖 If you ask a chatbot about the midterms, there's a good chance they'll refer you to a lot of "pink slime." The term refers to low-quality websites that masquerade as legitimate local news outlets but in reality are often partisan-backed and AI-created with a lack of real journalists & standards. 💡 Looking for names, checking for authentic local photos, and doing some lateral reading are good methods to detect these sites that, according to a @newsguardratings study, are cited by ChatGPT 70
1 October 2026 · The News Literacy Project · $0 – $99 · 100+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
⚠️ The growing number of AI tools has made it easier for people to claim that genuine photos are fake. Such was the case after Sen. Mitch McConnell released a statement and an authentic photo about his recovery in the hospital from a June fall. ⤵️ See below for a summary of this digital fabrication + NewsLit tips.
15 July 2026 · The News Literacy Project · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
The U.S. has fallen on the World Press Freedom Index for the 4th year in a row. Fortunately, where there's news literacy, there's hope. We're giving kids the skills to understand the First Amendment and value our free press.
27 May 2026 · The News Literacy Project · $0 – $99 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Our research shows that the majority of teens deeply distrust news media. But news literacy can change that. After using our resources, 81% of students recognized that a free press is vital to a healthy democracy!
8 May 2026 · The News Literacy Project · $0 – $99 · 7K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Figures cover domestic political ads paid in dollars, from 4 May 2026. Spend is the sum of Meta’s range midpoints; impressions above one million are reported as “1M+”, so impression figures are floors. Each ad counts in the week its delivery started, with its lifetime spend at our last pull; ads still running before the vote are counted as of 31 October 2026.
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