Related: Facebook announces new ad transparency effortsStretch also says in his testimony that Facebook estimates 11.4 million people saw ads purchased by the Internet Research Agency between 2015 and 2017. Nevertheless, Facebook says in its testimony that the posts from those pages represented "a tiny fraction of the overall content on Facebook." Both the Facebook and Twitter written testimonies stress that Internet Research Agency-linked accounts represent an extremely small part of the platforms' overall content. But the key focus for lawmakers will likely be the content and reach of the content posted and promoted by the Internet Research Agency. The House Intelligence Committee is expected to release the Russian-bought Facebook ads to the public later this week.

Source: CNN October 30, 2017 22:03 UTC