(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here’s what you need to know:Facebook uncovers plot to disrupt elections• The social media giant announced on Tuesday that it had removed 32 pages and fake accounts that were part of a potential effort to influence this fall’s midterm elections. The company did not definitively link the campaign to Russia but said some of its tools and techniques were similar to those used by the Kremlin-linked group accused of interfering in the 2016 election. The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said he would make Facebook’s disclosure a central part of a previously scheduled hearing today, when lawmakers plan to press outside experts about foreign influence on social media networks.

Source: New York Times August 01, 2018 09:27 UTC