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Facebook's Russian Problem Far Bigger Than Estimated

  • Re/code, Tuesday, October 31, 2017 10:10 PM
In early November of last year, roughly 126 million U.S. Facebook users were exposed to content created by Russian disinformation specialists, sources tell Recode. “Previously, Facebook had only shared information on ads purchased by Kremlin-tied accounts, revealing that they reached more than 10 million U.S. users,” Recode notes. More broadly, “Facebook, Google and Twitter plan to tell congressional investigators this week that the scope of Russia’s campaign to spread disinformation on their sites … is much broader than the companies initially reported.”

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