Find out who targets you with digital advertising

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Who Targets Me Extension

Who Targets Me is a free browser extension that helps you learn more about the political ads you're targeted with online, and let's you contribute anonymously to research into their impact.

Politicians have always used misleading ads and campaign tricks to win votes. But because Big Tech enables campaigns to secretly launch thousands of ads at once, today’s voters are seeing ads that are more divisive and misleading than ever before.

Despite this, there’s still little systematic data on how individuals are targeted by campaigns.

We believe that these platforms have too much power over our civic conversations; that privately targeted political ads increase polarization and mistrust and that neither campaigns nor Big Tech will behave more responsibly without public pressure and transparency.

The browser extension gives you:

- A record of the political ads you're targeted with and why you see them
- Data about which parties and groups are targeting you most
- Data about which parties and groups are targeting your district most heavily
- Data about how many political ads there are vs. the total number of ads running at any given time

By tracking how campaigns are using Big Tech to privately target voters, we can contribute to reform of how politics is done, protect a fair democratic process and elections, and start to repair our national conversation.

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Who Targets Me launched in the UK in 2017 and has since been run in over 20 countries around the world.

Our work has been covered by the BBC, New York Times, CNN and many others.

*How to use Who Targets Me*

- Install the browser extension
- Create an anonymous profile (your age, location, gender and political leaning)
- Choose which services you want to track your ads on
- Decide whether to participate in one of our research partnerships
- Use your social media platforms as usual
- Wait a while until you've seen some political ads (this is more likely during election campaigns)
- Click the plugin icon (or visit https://results.whotargets.me) from time to time to see who's trying to influence your views with political ads

What the plugin captures:
- Paid social media ads, their content and targeting and when you saw them

What the plugin doesn't capture:
- Any other type of post
- Any personal information or information about your social media accounts

You can choose to stop participating in the project at any time and, should you wish to, delete the ads you've contributed to the project.

The open source software is licensed under the MIT license:
https://github.com/WhoTargetsMe/Who-Targets-Me/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
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How to download and manually install Who Targets Me extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Who Targets Me extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Who Targets Me extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Who Targets Me extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Who Targets Me extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Who Targets Me extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Who Targets Me Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Who Targets Me extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Who Targets Me extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Who Targets Me extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Who Targets Me extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Who Targets Me extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Who Targets Me extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Who Targets Me extension file

Select and download the Who Targets Me extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Who Targets Me extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Who Targets Me extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Who Targets Me extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Who Targets Me extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Manuel Mahle (ID: 000000c94eec9be9) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/01/2021 great

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Sebastian Kasanzew (ID: 0000003fb908e675) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/01/2021 nice!

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Mark kus (Markus) (ID: 000000317df0d43f) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/01/2021 Böhmi hust* mmhh lucid

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Przemyslaw Bielicki (ID: 0000006930bc9267) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 03/09/2021 I just noticed I have it installed but besides active add-on I see no other impact. What is it really doing ? Isn't it actually targeting me ?

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Maklane deWever (ID: 000000f76f867733) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/15/2019 Very interesting. Quite happy with the download.