Facebook to turn over Russian 2016 election ads to Congress
By Ali Breland - 09/21/17 03:13 PM EDT
Facebook has decided to turn over to congressional investigators copies of roughly 3,000 advertisements purchased by Russian-linked groups during the 2016 presidential campaign.
The company confirmed Thursday afternoon that it would release details associated with the advertisements, with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlining other steps the company is taking to step up transparency for ads.
“We believe it is vitally important that government authorities have the information they need to deliver to the public a full assessment of what happened in the 2016 election,” Facebook’s general counsel Colin Stretch said in a post.
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http://thehill.com/policy/technology/351782-facebook-to-release-ads-purchased-by-kremlin-linked-groups-during-2016
