On Nov. 1, the House Intelligence Committee released social media advertisements that were pushed by Russian groups to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Those posts reached up to 126 million Americans, Facebook said, far more than the 11.4 million who saw the ads. These Facebook ads, like several others that had emerged in news reports over the past several weeks, had the apparent goal of needling America’s cultural sore spots. Another Facebook ad promoted a “Down With Hillary!” rally in July 2016 outside Clinton’s campaign headquarters in Brooklyn. But lawmakers from both parties repeatedly sought to make clear how important they considered the online influence campaign.

Source: Washington Post November 01, 2017 17:06 UTC