A day care and a dog rescue benefit: On Facebook, they were political ads

The new rules are meant to illuminate the sometimes shadowy world of politics on social media and help prevent fraud and abuse by organisations like Russia's Internet Research Agency

What do a day care centre, a vegetarian restaurant, a hair salon, an outdoor clothing maker and an investigative news publisher have in common?
 
To Facebook, they looked suspiciously like political activists.
 
Facing a torrent of criticism over its failure to prevent foreign interference during the 2016 election, the giant social network recently adopted new rules to make its advertising service harder to exploit.
 
Under the new rules, advertisers who want to buy political ads in the United States must first prove that they live in the country, and mark their ads with a “paid for by”