The US Congress has published 3,500 Facebook ads that were created by Russia’s Internet Research Agency in an effort to divide Americans ahead of the 2016 presidential election and beyond. Facebook provided them to the panel last year as part of an investigation into Russian meddling in the election. Photograph: House Intelligence CommitteeOne batch of advertisements promotes “Williams and Kalvin”, a pair of black YouTube vloggers who decried racism and police brutality in their advertisements. Photograph: House Intelligence CommitteeSome of the ads are written in broken English such one shown in June 2015 that reads: “Your life matter. Photograph: House Intelligence CommitteeThe campaign continued after the election to mid-2017.

Source: The Guardian May 10, 2018 20:57 UTC