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Offline ABX

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Thousands of Facebook ads bought by Russians to fool U.S. voters released by Congress
« on: May 10, 2018, 04:48:46 pm »
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Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released thousands of Russian Facebook ads on Thursday, offering the public its first in-depth look at the troubling messages used to heighten tensions among Americans during and after the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The release of the ads, which Facebook says were purchased by the Kremlin-linked Internet Research Agency to sway public sentiment, comes as the giant social network races to tighten restrictions on political ads to head off manipulation of upcoming elections, including this fall's hotly contested midterms......

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/05/10/thousands-russian-bought-facebook-social-media-ads-released-congress/849959001/


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Re: Thousands of Facebook ads bought by Russians to fool U.S. voters released by Congress
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2018, 05:25:40 pm »
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Re: Thousands of Facebook ads bought by Russians to fool U.S. voters released by Congress
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2018, 05:49:47 pm »
Cool, now do Twitter.
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Re: Thousands of Facebook ads bought by Russians to fool U.S. voters released by Congress
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2018, 06:02:45 pm »
I'm not sure if this board counts, but otherwise, I have zero social media accounts.  That's probably why I didn't vote in the last election.  There was no Svengali-like Russian/Cambridge Analytics hold on me.    *****rollingeyes*****
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Re: Thousands of Facebook ads bought by Russians to fool U.S. voters released by Congress
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2018, 06:10:36 pm »
So out of a couple billion dollars spent on ads, a few thousand spent on facebook turned the tide?
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