Super PAC Wants to Put You in Its Facebook Ad

The Ending Spending Action Fund, a conservative-leaning Super PAC advocating for the reduction of the federal debt, wants to cast a new star for its latest Facebook video advertisement: you.

Called "The Ad About You," the ad is essentially a Facebook app that uses pictures you've posted to Facebook to customize an interactive video template.

When you install the app, it asks for your basic info, relationship status, your photos, photos shared with you and your customized friends lists -- everything it needs to customize the commercial. The app uses HTML5 and JavaScript to build the ad.

The Ad About You is particularly effective at putting photos of your closest loved ones in th…
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