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Facebook refuses to disclose political ads bought by Russian trolls to Congress
Posted on 9/8/17 at 9:37 am
Posted on 9/8/17 at 9:37 am
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Facebook, which acknowledged this week that it sold $100,000 worth of political ads in the last two years to accounts linked to a Russian troll factory, came under stinging criticism Thursday over its refusal to release copies of the ads to the public — or to congressional investigators.
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After denying for months that any Russian entities purchased ads on Facebook during last year’s election, the social media giant has admitted that it belatedly discovered that some 470 phony accounts linked to a shadowy St. Petersburg media firm with ties to the Kremlin. The firm allegedly placed ads on highly charged issues in American politics, such as LGBT and gun rights — ads that in some cases explicitly mentioned Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the 2016 election.
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Facebook officials acknowledged the existence of the ads in a closed-door briefing for investigators for the House and Senate intelligence committees. The company showed what it described as some samples of the ads, but didn’t turn them over to investigators or release them to the media. Facebook said making the ads public would violate its strict privacy rules — even thought it acknowledges that most, if not all, of the accounts in question were registered under fake names and nonexistent entities and have since been removed from Facebook’s platform.
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“I think this is shocking,” said Ron Fein, legal director for Free Speech for People, one of two campaign finance groups that have already filed complaints with the FEC seeking an investigation into Russian government spending on last year’s election. “Facebook has another thing coming if it thinks it can use its self-created privacy rules to prevent an honest accounting of what happened in the 2016 election,” Fein said.
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Potter said in an interview, “These advertisements were directed to the public, so they’ve already been put up publicly. And if they showed samples of the ads to investigators, they’ve already violated their confidentiality rules.”
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So many options in this.
This post was edited on 9/8/17 at 9:40 am
Posted on 9/8/17 at 9:45 am to Deuces
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The firm allegedly placed ads on highly charged issues in American politics, such as LGBT and gun rights
2004 called, they want their highly charged political issues back.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 9:48 am to Deuces
I'd like to see some of these ads that swayed my vote
Posted on 9/8/17 at 9:49 am to Deuces
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Facebook has another thing coming
It's think.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 9:50 am to Deuces
Mr. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions......paging Mr. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions
Posted on 9/8/17 at 9:52 am to Deuces
Yeah, I'm going to guess most of these "Russia" connected ads are pro-left ideology, which is why they are refusing to release. Bet your arse, if it was pro-right it would be all over the news.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:04 am to Deuces
NPR reporter was going nuts over this yesterday, calling it the most "incredulous assault on democracy" in decades.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 12:17 pm to Deuces
The ruskies have most of this board and trumpkins duped into crazy conspiracy theories, same tactics they use with Ukraine and Europe.
It's all good as long as Hillary lost amirite?
It's all good as long as Hillary lost amirite?
This post was edited on 9/8/17 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 9/8/17 at 12:27 pm to Deuces
So. What we're learning at this point is that Russia had a goal in this election. That goal was to foment division and they played both sides of the coin.
Ya think liberals will figure out that NOW, they are simply Russia's willing dupes?
Ya think liberals will figure out that NOW, they are simply Russia's willing dupes?
Posted on 9/8/17 at 2:34 pm to Deuces
The original WaPo article (I believe) stated ads were bought that promoted Hillary as well as ads that were bought promoting Trump. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?
Posted on 9/8/17 at 2:43 pm to Deuces
I wish the Facebook dude would kill himself
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