The company plans to disclose these numbers to the Senate judiciary committee on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the testimony. The posts spread widely, although many of those 126 million people may not have actually seen the material. Although 126 million people is about half of Americans eligible to vote, Facebook plans to downplay the significance at the congressional hearings. The discovery of Russian interference has, according to Stretch’s testimony, “opened a new battleground for our company, our industry and our society”. These ads, disclosed in early October, were viewed by up to 10 million Facebook users.

Source: The Guardian October 30, 2017 23:08 UTC