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Senator reveals an anti-Hillary Facebook ad bought by Russia
Facebook said it won’t disclose the 3,000 ads Russia-linked accounts bought on the platform during the 2016 election. But U.S. senators have them, and they will.
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Congress grills Facebook, Twitter, Google on shells hiding election meddlers
How can Internet giants know that innocent-seeming US companies aren’t actually shell vehicles for malicious foreign actors to buy ads to interfere with elections? The short answer is they can’t, and that drew questioning from a congressional probe today into Facebook, Twitter, and Google being used to manipulate the 2016 presidential election. The hearing saw Facebook’s… Read More
View More Congress grills Facebook, Twitter, Google on shells hiding election meddlersRussian Facebook trolls advocated killing ‘dangerous illegal aliens’
This just keeps getting worse. Another messed-up shoe has dropped in the ongoing saga of Facebook’s influence on the 2016 U.S. presidential election. This time, it’s the revelation that Russian-linked troll accounts called for race-based violence.…
View More Russian Facebook trolls advocated killing ‘dangerous illegal aliens’Facebook, Twitter, and Google are testifying on political ads. Here’s why you should care
It’s been almost a year since America elected President Donald Trump, and finally, we’re about to learn more about how Google, Facebook, and Twitter were used by outside forces to secure that victory.
The top lawyers for each of those companies will …
Facebook, Twitter, and Google are testifying on political ads. Here’s why you should care
It’s been almost a year since America elected President Donald Trump, and finally, we’re about to learn more about how Google, Facebook, and Twitter were used by outside forces to secure that victory.
The top lawyers for each of those companies will …
Russian-backed content may have reached 126 million on Facebook
Facebook has reportedly upped its estimate of how much content was produced by Russian-backed actors during the election and how widely that content was seen. According to prepared remarks due to be presented tomorrow but acquired by The Wall Str…
View More Russian-backed content may have reached 126 million on FacebookFacebook says Russia trolls reached nearly half the U.S. population
Facebook accounts linked to Russia had a far greater reach than what was previously known, reaching nearly half the U.S. population.
Russia-linked Facebook accounts reached as many as 126 million users, according to prepared testimony from General Co…