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Facebook also gave cheap ad rates to BJP[1] (Party of the current prime minister of India). Facebook seems like align more with the right group.

[1]https://thewire.in/political-economy/for-campaign-ads-on-fac...

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That isn't how it works. The study clearly states that the targeting criteria was not included in the analysis. If you look at any 2 advertisers running their own campaigns, and one is a savvier user of auction based ad systems, a 29% difference in CPM excluding targeting is common.

They absolutely do. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/mark-zuckerberg...

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