The Times was told of at least seven Russia-linked Facebook groups by the people familiar with the investigation, some of which were previously unreported. Late Monday, Facebook said in a post that about 10 million people had seen the ads in question. About 44 percent of the ads were seen before the 2016 election and the rest after, the company said. In a live video address on his Facebook page last month, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, acknowledged the gravity and novelty of the tactics used across his network. “For the ways my work was used to divide people rather than bring us together, I ask forgiveness,” he wrote in a post to his personal Facebook page.

Source: New York Times October 02, 2017 15:00 UTC