Google has confirmed that they have found tens of thousands of dollars in advertising purchased by Russian operatives as part of a misinformation campaign aimed at the last election. It continues a trend first found on Facebook, where similar ads had been placed in an attempt to fan instability and […]
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Facebook addresses Russian ads provoking ‘racial and social division’
After continued reports of Russian backed ads during the 2016 presidential election, the United States Congress has been given information on 3,000 Facebook advertisements and hundreds of fake accounts and groups on the social platform linked to a Kremlin propaganda organization. Facebook CEO: “Racial and Social Division” The ads and […]