Today it’s filed six complaints with Berlin’s data protection commission — one apiece for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Alternative for Germany (AFD), SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, DIE LINKE and the Ecological Democratic Party, suggesting the law-breaking behavior cuts across the political spectrum. ZDF Magazine Royal’s research into political ad targeting by German political parties also surfaced various examples of deceptive campaigning being enabled by Facebook’s ad tools — such as the FDP running Facebook ads that directly contradicted each other, showing potential voters with ‘green’ interests an ad under which the party said it was committed to “more climate protection”, while simultaneously showing a different target group (frequent travellers) with a totally different message that there should be no “government measures, restrictions on freedom or bans” when it comes to “major challenges such as climate change”. \nZDF Magazine Royal’s research into political ad targeting by German political parties also surfaced various examples of deceptive campaigning being enabled by Facebook’s ad tools — such as the FDP running Facebook ads that directly contradicted each other, showing potential voters with ‘green’ interests an ad under which the party said it was committed to \u201cmore climate protection\u201d, while simultaneously showing a different target group (frequent travellers) with a totally different message that there should be no “government measures, restrictions on freedom or bans” when it comes to “major challenges such as climate change”