Campaign India Team
Mar 17, 2022

Facebook alleged to give BJP cheaper ad rates than rivals

The Bharatiya Janata Party was charged 29% less on average than that of rival political parties for the same number of views, according to an investigation by The Reporters’ Collective

Facebook alleged to give BJP cheaper ad rates than rivals

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is said to have been provided cheaper advertisement rates on Facebook than its opponents, according to an investigation by The Reporters’ Collective (TRC) and Ad.watch, a research project studying political advertisements on social media.

The study, published by Al Jazeera, analysed 536,070 political advertisements in Facebook's Ad Library than ran between February 2019 and November 2020.

It found that BJP, its candidates and affiliated organisations were charged 29% less on average than that of its rivals for the same number of views.

Being Facebook’s largest political client, the markdown helped the BJP reach more voters for less money, according to the report, and may have contributed towards its success in elections.

Campaign India reached out to Facebook parent company Meta for a comment. At the time of writing, there was no response from the company.

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Campaign India

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